Date: Thursday, 1st September, 2022
Place: Langanside Courts, Belfast
Time: To be confirmed, but in the afternoon
💙Sincere thanks to all Mumsnetters who have already supported the threads on here for young Noah Donohoe. Forgive me, but I'm here to ask a little more of you all.💙
This Thursday there is a hearing in front of a High Court judge, who will decide whether or not information from the police investigation into Noah's disappearance and death can be kept secret from his inquest. There will be a peaceful gathering outside court to show support to his mother Fiona and aunt Niamh. I realise that for many of us it is in the working week, the summer holidays and the school holidays, but please do attend if you can and let others know about it. As always, children and people of all ages, communities and backgrounds are welcome. The coroner Joe McCrisken is no longer presiding over this hearing - this has changed to a judge since this report and the date has also been set.
Noah Donohoe: Private hearing to take place before inquest:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-62437301
Support at court means an awful lot to Fiona and Niamh, as you will be able to tell from the audio of this short video from a previous hearing:
twitter.com/FirinneCeartas/status/1563518730331897857
Noah was just an innocent and beautiful child, with his whole life ahead of him. He wanted to be a doctor to help people and last week he should have been getting his GCSE results with his friends. Instead, his naked body was found in a drain on 21st June, 2020 after he had been missing for six days. The police have insisted that there was no foul play involved in his death, yet seek to keep hundreds of pages from their deeply flawed investigation secret. The NI Secretary of State and MP for North West Cambridgeshire Shailesh Vara has now signed the PSNI's application for a Public Interest Immunity Certificate. Noah's mother and aunt believe that somebody harmed Noah and have been fighting hard ever since for the truth and for justice for him. Earlier this month, thousands of people gathered outside Belfast City Hall in a show of support. If you are new to Noah's story and would like to know more, please read this factual twitter thread and watch Fiona's podcast and the short Channel 4 News report.
mobile.twitter.com/MarymoBelfast/status/1370453351616425985
www.channel4.com/news/noah-donohoe-family-seek-answers-over-belfast-teenagers-death
And please do sign and share Fiona's petition, currently with 327,554 signatures, if you haven't already. Change link in the OP of this thread:
www.mumsnet.com/talk/petitions_noticeboard/4573833-noah-donohoe-his-mothers-fight-for-the-truth-and-justice-please-help-stop-the-police-coroner-and-brandon-lewis-from-keeping-investigation-files-into-the-death-of-a-child-secret-thread-3?
Thank you 💙