Claims extracted
22
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
5%
1 of 22 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
The Guardian's corrections and
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Crime & Law
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A three-year-old boy who was found dead in a pond after going missing from a playground had left the play area “through a gap in the fence”, an inquest heard.
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inquest → find → fence
Noah Woods became separated from a relative after visiting the playground in Merriam Close, Brantham, on the afternoon of 15 September, Suffolk police said.
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police → separate → September
About 1,300 members of the public joined a search to find Noah, who police said was non-verbal, partially deaf and had been undergoing an assessment for autism.
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police → join → autism
Met police divers recovered his body from what is known locally as Decoy Pond on the afternoon of 16 September.
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what → recover → September
Suffolk police said his death was not being treated as suspicious.
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death → say → ?
The inquest into Noah’s death was opened and adjourned in Ipswich on Friday.
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inquest → open → Friday
DCI Matthew Connick told the hearing that on 15 September, Noah, of East Bergholt, Suffolk, was being “looked after by relatives and this was part of a normal routine for Noah”.
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this → tell → Noah
He said they walked to an under-fives play area and CCTV footage in the park “showed Noah playing with his relative”.
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Noah → say → relative
The first piece of footage was timed at 2.13pm and he was last seen playing at 2.37pm, said Connick, who added that the CCTV was motion-activated so did not provide continuous footage.
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CCTV → time → footage
He said the relative, who was not named at the hearing, had provided a statement to police.
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who → say → police
The officer said Noah “left through a gap in the fence leading to the memorial garden where he left through an open gate”.
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he → say → gate
He said Noah went in the direction of Decoy Pond and he was “being closely followed by his relative who was trying to keep up with him”.
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who → say → him
He said the relative “shouted after him” but after 200 metres Noah could not be seen.
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Noah → say → metres
“Police were called and a large-scale search operation began,” Connick said.
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Connick → call → ?
He said Noah was found by a Met police diver “approximately 5 metres from the bank and within submerged tree roots”.
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Noah → say → roots
The depth was estimated at 1.8 metres at that point, he added.
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he → estimate → point
A postmortem at Addenbrooke’s hospital mortuary in Cambridge recorded his medical cause of death as pending further investigation, Connick said.
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Connick → record → investigation
Noah’s death was confirmed at 4.31pm by paramedics and his identity was formally confirmed by his mother, Charlie Peck, at Ipswich hospital that evening.
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identity → confirm → hospital
An assistant coroner for Suffolk, Jyoti Gill, said at the outset of the hearing, which was not attended by the boy’s family: “I would like to express my deepest condolences to Noah’s family and friends and all those affected by Noah’s death.”
She said at the end of the six-minute hearing: “The inquest is adjourned to a date to be fixed in due course.
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inquest → say → course
Noah’s father, Rhys Woods, paid tribute to his son in a message shared on a community Facebook group last week.
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father → pay → group
He described Noah as the “sweetest and most innocent little boy, with nothing but love to give”, and added: “We are going to miss him so very much.”
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We → describe → him
Football players also paid tribute to Noah during Everton’s home match against Ipswich Town on Saturday by wearing black armbands.
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players → pay → armbands
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