# Fiona Donohoe says PSNI and DfI "sought to blame Noah", as jury finds police didn’t contribute to teen’s death Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/crime-world-1335810/fiona-donohoe-says-psni-and-dfi-sought-to-blame-noah-as-jury-finds-police-didn-t-contribute-to-teen-s-death Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/crime-world-1335810/fiona-donohoe-says-psni-and-dfi-sought-to-blame-noah-as-jury-finds-police-didn-t-contribute-to-teen-s-death.md Podcast: [Crime World](https://stenobird.com/podcast/crime-world-1335810) Published: 2026-09-16T14:29:33+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/crime-world/episodes/fiona-donohoe-says-psni-and-dfi-sought-to-blame-noah-as-jury Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6538ccdabc6f900012695107/e/6aaaa6d5efa6192c412a4d9c/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/crime-world-1335810/episodes/fiona-donohoe-says-psni-and-dfi-sought-to-blame-noah-as-jury-finds-police-didn-t-contribute-to-teen-s-death Duration seconds: 1558 ## Resource The jury in the inquest into the death of Noah Donohoe has found that the teenager died on the night of his disappearance, meaning that the PSNI’s response to his disappearance did not contribute to his death.   However, the jury did find that police failings impacted on their ability to come to a conclusion in the inquest and found that the Department of Infrastructure “erred” in its management of the culvert in which the teenager died.   But it also found that it was not probable that the Department’s management of the culvert more than minimally contributed to Noah’s death.   They were unable to explain Noah’s behaviour on the day he went missing because the evidence was insufficient to enable them to reach a conclusion.    14-year-old Noah’s body was discovered in north Belfast six days after he went missing as he cycled to meet friends.   Ciarán Dunbar is joined by Belfast Telegraph’s Liam Tunney, who has been in court throughout the inquest.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/crime-world-1335810/episodes/fiona-donohoe-says-psni-and-dfi-sought-to-blame-noah-as-jury-finds-police-didn-t-contribute-to-teen-s-death/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/crime-world-1335810/fiona-donohoe-says-psni-and-dfi-sought-to-blame-noah-as-jury-finds-police-didn-t-contribute-to-teen-s-death.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.