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Noah Donohoe Inquest Hears Eyewitnesses Describe Bike Fall, Question Head-Injury Theory

The jury continues to receive step-by-step accounts that piece together the teenager’s final movements.

Overview

  • Motorist Sinead Quinn told the court she saw a youth pick up a bike at North Queen Street, beeped to alert him to a dropped coat, observed he looked startled, and said he cycled on without lifting it.
  • Amanda Seenan said the fall she witnessed was not light, yet she saw no head impact or injuries and said she was confused by a police suggestion that her account supported a head-injury theory.
  • Witness Nathan Montgomery reported the cyclist appeared slightly unsteady and swayed toward the lane before regaining course, which made him cautious about passing.
  • Further testimony described a helmet later found on a pavement in the Northwood area and a man seen without a top on Northwood Road, complementing CCTV shown earlier of Noah’s final journey, including a last clip of him cycling naked.
  • Earlier evidence from close friends portrayed Noah as inquisitive and upbeat with no interest in storm drains, as the jury-led inquest proceeds toward findings expected after hearings scheduled through late March.