A man who found and stole Noah Donohoe's missing laptop has told an inquest that he lied to the police.
Daryl Paul was questioned by a barrister for Noah's mother, Fiona Donohoe, about what he intended to do with the laptop after he found it on the day of Noah's disappearance.
The witness had been in prison for another matter, not related to Noah's case, after the schoolboy's death.
When he was released from custody later that year, Paul was questioned by the police about being in possession of Noah's rucksack and laptop.
He told the police that that he did not intend to sell the laptop, but the family barrister told him on Thursday that he intended to "flog" it for money.
She said he told "lie after lie after lie" about what he intended to do with the laptop.
The lawyer asked him if he told lies.
Paul replied: "I have done".
He also said he accepts "I was being dishonest" in the police station and now regrets it.
The barrister told him: "You had been trying to sell it from the minute you came upon it".
She said he wanted money "to go and buy your drugs".
"Possible, yeah", the witness replied.
The jury in the Noah Donohoe inquest has heard from Daryl Paul, the man who stole Noah's missing laptop.
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