Claims extracted
28
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
7%
2 of 28 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
67/100
ABC News (AU)'s corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
23
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
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Beau Lamarre-Condon murder trial live: Cross-examination continues for accused in court
Cross-examination by the Crown prosecutor is continuing in the NSW Supreme Court.
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examination → continue → Court
Former police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon is accused of murdering Jesse Baird and Luke Davies in February 2024.
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officer → accuse → February
He has pleaded not guilty.
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He → plead → ?
Live updates
Family and domestic violence support services:
- NSW Domestic Violence Line on 1800 656 463
- Lifeline on 131 114
- Suicide Call Back Service on 1300 659 467
- Men's Referral Service on 1300 766 491
- Mensline on 1300 789 978
- Full Stop Australia on 1800 385 578
- Emergency services on Triple Zero (000) if you need immediate care
Friend reactivated Lamarre-Condon's Instagram for evidence
We're looking at an exhibit of a screenshot of a DM between Baird and Lamarre-Condon dated in December 2022.
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We → need → December
He says he asked a friend to "reactivate my Instagram account to screenshot them [the DMs] directly and send them to my lawyers".
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he → say → lawyers
"But I also remember taking screenshots at the time."
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I → remember → time
Hatfield suggests the quality of some of the screenshots are poor, and questions why the profile pictures are different
"If you're trying to insinuate any of these aren't genuine..." Lamarre-Condon says, before the judge implores him to let Hatfield finish the question.
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Hatfield → suggest → question
Lamarre-Condon says some of the messages are from iMessage, and others are Instagram DMs.
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others → say → iMessage
Screenshots of DMs to friends
He says he started going on "romantic dates" in mid-to-late December 2022.
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he → say → December
An Instagram message on December 22, 2022 of Baird saying he wished Lamarre-Condon was meeting his family, while on a trip to Melbourne.
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Condon → say → Melbourne
"I've screenshotted messages before and sent them to [a friend], and she's sent them to my lawyers," he explains.
"
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he → screenshotte → lawyers
I've sent many friends screenshots of messages between Jesse and I.
"I believed I screenshotted them at the time as well, because I would've sent them to friends."
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I → send → friends
Lamarre-Condon speaking
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Condon → speak → ?
The accused says he met Baird in October 2022.
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he → accuse → October
Bank records show both Baird and Lamarre-Condon made transactions at LGBT+ club Universal on October 21.
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Baird → show → October
"We didn't start romantically dating until December," he says.
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he → start → December
"Meeting up with someone for a sexual encounter is very different from going on a date," he says.
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he → meet → date
They would meet at his house, and in December they would meet up "often", less so the month before, he says.
"
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he → meet → December
We were definitely seeing each other in December."
Tense scenes on Monday
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We → see → Monday
It has been at times tense between Lamarre-Condon and Hatfield, as the Crown prosecutor presses him on his version of events.
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prosecutor → press → events
The accused on Tuesday was argumentative as Hatfield suggested he was lying on certain recollections and influencing a witness.
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he → accuse → witness
He rebutted by saying vital people hadn't been brought before the court, and claimed the jury hadn't been shown key moments in evidence.
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jury → rebut → evidence
At other points, Lamarre-Condon would tear up and become emotional as he spoke about suicide attempts and Jesse Baird's death.
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he → tear → attempts
What went down yesterday
Missed out on Monday's cross-examination?
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went → go → examination
Sydney reporter Phoebe Pin recapped what happened in court here:
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what → recap → court
We're picking back up cross-examination in the Beau Lamarre-Condon double murder trial.
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We → pick → trial
The accused has been in the witness box since Thursday, and answering questions from Crown prosecutor Brett Hatfield SC for the last day and a half.
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accused → accuse → day
Stay with us as we follow along live.
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we → stay → us
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