Mr Justice Rooney also issued a warning over those posting about the circumstances of Noah’s death on social media.

An inquest into the death of the 14-year-old is set to get under way in Belfast next year.

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 said CCTV footage of the schoolboy leaving his Belfast home in the middle of the night should be shared with the public.

The Belfast schoolboy was found dead in a storm drain in June 2020.

The 14-year-old school boy was found dead in a storm drain after having gone missing in north Belfast.

It has emerged that the technology set to be used to examine CCTV footage linked to the case was only available to police on a trial period.

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