Claims extracted
17
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
18%
3 of 17 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
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
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Crime & Law
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Beau Lamarre-Condon’s alleged attempt to dispose of two bodies was briefly interrupted so he could undergo surgery, a Sydney court has been told.
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court → allege → surgery
Lamarre-Condon, 31, has been accused of fatally shooting couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies with his police service weapon in Baird’s Paddington home on 19 February 2024.
asserted
Condon → accuse → February
The former police officer has pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder and one charge of aggravated break and enter.
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officer → plead → break
Lamarre-Condon attended St Vincent’s hospital in Sydney’s east for surgery on the morning of 21 February – two days after Baird and Davies were killed.
asserted
Baird → attend → February
The surgeon who performed the operation said he first met the officer when Lamarre-Condon arrived at the hospital for an emergency presentation in March 2023.
asserted
Condon → perform → March
He underwent a surgery that day, returned a few more times for follow-ups and recurrent issues, before another surgery in December 2023.
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He → undergo → December
By 2024, the doctor said he was “booked in for a final operation which I performed on 21 February 2024”.
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I → say → February
It was done at 7.30am, according to a statement read to the New South Wales supreme court on Tuesday.
“The procedure I performed was of a minor nature and would not lead to any physical restrictions,” the surgeon said in his statement.
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surgeon → do → statement
Lamarre-Condon was then placed in a short stay ward and discharged two hours later.
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Condon → place → ward
There were no sutures involved, no follow-up was required and Lamarre-Condon’s demeanour appeared “unremarkable”, the jury heard on Tuesday.
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jury → be → Tuesday
CCTV footage played in court on Monday and Tuesday showed Lamarre-Condon going between Baird’s home in Paddington and Bunnings Alexandria to buy gumboots and other cleaning equipment on the day after the alleged murders.
asserted
Condon → play → murders
Further video showed Lamarre-Condon at St Vincent’s hospital on 21 February 2024.
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Condon → show → February
Other CCTV showed him later attending Bunnings in Rockdale to purchase a tarpaulin, tools and other items, the court was told.
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court → show → tarpaulin
Later that afternoon, the police officer drove to Bungonia, the area where Baird and Davies bodies were eventually found, the prosecution has said.
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prosecution → drive → Bungonia
The defence team claims Baird and Davies were accidentally shot in two separate struggles with the accused who was acting in “self-defence”.
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who → claim → defence
Lamarre-Condon cleaned up the scene and disposed of the bodies afterwards because he “panicked considerably”, defence lawyer John Stratton SC has said.
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SC → clean → bodies
The trial before Justice Natalie Adams continues.
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trial → continue → Adams
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