The inquest into the death of the schoolboy at Belfast Coroner’s Court, which is being heard with a jury, is now in its fourth week.

A former police inspector has told an inquest he crawled through an underground storm drain tunnel system as part of efforts to find the teenager.

The inquest at Belfast Coroner’s Court, which is being heard with a jury, is now into its fourth week.

Noah was a pupil of St Malachy’s College.

Noah, a pupil of St Malachy’s College, was 14 when he was found dead in a storm drain in north Belfast in June 2020.

Noah, a pupil of St Malachy’s College, was 14 when he was found dead in a storm drain in north Belfast in June 2020

Noah was 14 when he was found dead in a storm drain in north Belfast in June 2020,

Noah was 14 when he was found dead in a storm drain in north Belfast in June 2020, six days after leaving home on his bike to meet two friends in the Cavehill area of Belfast.

Noah was 14 when he was found dead in a storm drain in north Belfast in June 2020.

Noah was 14 when he was found dead in a storm drain in north Belfast in June 2020.

Jay Tierney described Noah as ‘eccentric, but not in a bad way’ and described how the pair supported each other during the Covid lockdown.

A recording of his mother’s call to police on the evening he went missing in 2020 was played to the jury.

Nine men and two women were selected for the hearing at Belfast Coroner’s Court.

The 14-year-old was found dead in a storm drain in June 2020, six days after he went missing as he cycled to meet friends.

The 14-year-old was found dead in a storm drain in north Belfast in June 2020, six days after he went missing as he cycled to meet friends.

The 14-year-old Belfast schoolboy was found dead in a storm drain in the city in June 2020, six days after he went missing.

Noah, 14, was found dead in a storm drain in north Belfast in June 2020, six days after he went missing as he cycled to meet friends.

The social media activities of the reporter were subject to surveillance in 2023 as he investigated the death of a Belfast schoolboy.

A coroner has said he wants to hold an inquest into the death of the 14-year-old Belfast schoolboy before the summer.