Claims extracted
24
sentences that state something as happening or true
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4%
1 of 24 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
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A police officer accused of a double murder told police he was not avoiding them despite vanishing for days after the incident, a Sydney court has heard.
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court → accuse → incident
The court heard police attempted to contact Beau Lamarre-Condon after the alleged murders, with a colleague messaging him on Instagram: “Hey hun ... can you please contact the crime manager at eastern suburbs asap when you get a chance?”
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you → hear → chance
Lamarre-Condon has pleaded not guilty to murdering his ex partner Jesse Baird and Luke Davies in an inner-city terrace on 19 February 2024.
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Condon → plead → February
Police tried unsuccessfully to contact him for four days before he turned himself in, the court heard.
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court → try → himself
He then led officers to a rural property where the bodies of both men, who were aged in their 20s, were found in surfboard bags.
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who → lead → bags
“I just either want to let a detective or a sergeant know I am not avoiding them,” the 31-year-old said during a three-minute phone call to police on 22 February.
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old → want → February
“Just tell them I will come in tomorrow.”
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I → tell → ?
The evidence was heard during a New South Wales supreme court jury trial on Thursday as prosecutors read a statement by the officer who took the call.
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who → hear → call
The morning before the alleged murders, Lamarre-Condon messaged a friend – known by the pseudonym Fiona Rosso – not to worry about him and that he would call later.
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he → allege → him
“Also I’ve just gotten rid of all social media,” he wrote.
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he → rid → media
He turned up to Rosso’s home three days after the alleged murders crying and saying he had “done something bad”, the jury heard on Wednesday.
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jury → turn → Wednesday
Lamarre-Condon told her police had tried to contact him but he put his phone on aeroplane mode.
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he → tell → mode
Armed with two buckets, he scrubbed blood from the back of a white van parked outside Rosso’s home, the jury heard.
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jury → arm → home
He then spent the night there before driving to Sydney.
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He → spend → Sydney
Rosso testified Lamarre-Condon’s mother texted him the code word “hot chocolate”, meaning police had searched her home after the alleged murders.
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police → testify → murders
A statement by Const Hayley Keefe was read on Thursday outlining attempts by NSW police to contact her colleague and friend.
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statement → read → colleague
She was asked by a crime manager to contact Lamarre-Condon on his personal Instagram account.
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She → ask → account
On 21 February, she followed through.
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she → follow → February
“Hey hun ... can you please contact the crime manager at eastern suburbs asap when you get a chance?” she wrote.
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she → contact → chance
The message remained unread and she deleted it, feeling awkward for using her personal social media for business, she wrote in her statement.
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she → remain → statement
The crown alleges Lamarre-Condon killed Baird “execution-style” at close range through a plan borne of a jealous obsession, before shooting Davies to eliminate a witness.
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Condon → allege → witness
The 31-year-old claims he acted in self-defence after entering the terrace to retrieve his belongings.
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he → claim → belongings
His offer to plead guilty to Baird’s manslaughter was rejected by prosecutors.
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offer → plead → prosecutors
The trial before Justice Natalie Adams continues.
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trial → continue → Adams
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