{"id":55613,"date":"2026-06-29T17:43:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T17:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/jury-to-consider-if-psni-error-contributed-to-noah-death\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T17:43:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T17:43:33","slug":"jury-to-consider-if-psni-error-contributed-to-noah-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/jury-to-consider-if-psni-error-contributed-to-noah-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Jury to consider if PSNI error contributed to Noah death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The coroner also reminded the jury about evidence from residents at Northwood Road and Premier Drive close to where Noah disappeared in north Belfast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Both areas adjoin waste land leading to the entrance to the tunnel system where Noah&#8217;s body was found.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Some residents indicated that they were aware of local access to the waste land where the tunnel entrance is located.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Stormont&#8217;s Department for Infrastructure (DfI), which maintains the tunnel system, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c1w2d3lyzgjo\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">has been criticised at the inquest<\/a> about safety measures at the site.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">DfI witnesses informed the inquest previously that the department was satisfied with the safety measures around the culvert entrance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Their evidence also stated that access could only be gained to the site by approved maintenance staff, residents in the immediate area, or if members of the public trespassed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The coroner outlined to the jury how some expert witnesses disagreed on issues about safety at the site.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Mr Justice Rooney also reminded the jury about how some of the searchers who examined the culvert entrance for the first time shouted down the tunnel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He said they called out &#8220;Hello&#8221;, paused to wait for any response, and then called again, &#8220;Hello, Noah&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cd7wzpnv8lxo?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=rss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The coroner also reminded the jury about evidence from residents at Northwood Road and Premier Drive close to where Noah disappeared in north Belfast. Both areas adjoin waste land leading to the entrance to the tunnel system where Noah&#8217;s body was found. Some residents indicated that they were aware of local access to the waste [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55614,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[10695,715,4320,5221,15745,1339],"class_list":["post-55613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uk","tag-contributed","tag-death","tag-error","tag-jury","tag-noah","tag-psni"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55613"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55615,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55613\/revisions\/55615"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}