55. Mystery call to Noah.
5/14/202616 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. A mystery call was made to Noah’s phone from his own number on the night before he went missing. A digital forensics expert told the inquest he couldn’t explain it.
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First 90 secondsDeclan Harvey· Host0:00
One way the jury might be able to get inside Noah's mind before they ever hear from a psychiatrist or a psychologist is to consider what he was searching and downloading online.
Tara Mills· Host0:10
Today, we heard from digital forensics experts, and it's helped pin down several issues that have already been raised.
Declan Harvey· Host0:17
It did throw up one or two new questions, but we may never get answers to them. I was in court.
Tara Mills· Host0:22
This is a special series of The State of Us podcast. This is the Noah Donohoe Inquest. [upbeat music] Hello, Declan Harvey.
Declan Harvey· Host0:32
Hello, Tara Mills.
Tara Mills· Host0:33
Um, the noise has stopped for the moment, but if you hear noise later in the program, um, in the episode today, it's because there are roadworks happening outside the BBC building here in Belfast, and there's nothing we can do about it. So just to apologize in advance if you hear anything later on in the episode, that is the source.
Declan Harvey· Host0:51
Yeah. Um, can I also say that we haven't normally been able to preview who or what is coming next in this inquest? Uh, but unusually today, the jury were told what to expect tomorrow. It was felt that they should be given a chance to prepare themselves. I can tell you about that, um, at the end.
Tara Mills· Host1:07
Well, a couple of weeks ago, we heard evidence from Simon Young. He's the police communications data investigator, and he reviewed all of the data that was extracted from Noah's three devices, the phone, the laptop, and the Kindle, and also all of his social media and email accounts. And when he was-- When he first appeared, he was squeezed in at the end of the day, but today