49. Other culvert deaths
4/29/202616 min
A special series from The State of Us podcast. In the summer of 2020, 14-year-old Noah Donohoe went missing in Belfast. Six days later his body was found in a storm drain. His disappearance and death have dominated headlines for five and a half years. The inquest into his death will, for the first time, lay out the facts and evidence in this case. In this special series from The State of Us podcast, Tara Mills and Declan Harvey take you inside the courtroom, bringing you the evidence as it unfolds each day. The jury hears of the tragic death of a man trapped in a culvert during flooding in Yorkshire in 2007. A warning some of the details may be upsetting.
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First 90 secondsDeclan Harvey· Host0:00
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Declan Harvey· Host1:04
Who owns the stream that runs into the culvert? If the jury hadn't considered that before, they certainly did today.
Tara Mills· Host1:15
Also, we heard how the Department for Infrastructure were content with the safety measures around the culvert at the time Noah entered it.
Declan Harvey· Host1:23
I was in court listening. It was a technical but an interesting day today. We learned a lot. The Department for Infrastructure took center