Claims extracted
18
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
11%
2 of 18 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
65/100
The Guardian's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
1
Other
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Beau Lamarre-Condon has told a Sydney court he obtained a sim card under a pseudonym a month before allegedly murdering two men because he wanted to go to the media about bullying allegations in the police force.
uncertain
he → tell → force
The former police officer is accused of fatally shooting Jesse Baird and his new partner, Luke Davies, with his police service weapon in Baird’s Paddington home in Sydney on 19 February 2024.
asserted
officer → accuse → February
He has pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder and one charge of aggravated break and enter.
asserted
He → plead → break
Sat in the witness box for the seventh day, Lamarre-Condon was asked about purchasing a sim card under the name “Bob Ballard” on 15 January 2024, about a month before the shootings.
asserted
Condon → sit → shootings
Lamarre-Condon told the jury in his double murder trial it had “nothing to do with Jesse Baird”.
asserted
it → tell → Baird
He was attempting to compile statements about “bullying from a certain sergeant” but was worried about speaking publicly on the issue, Lamarre-Condon said.
asserted
Condon → attempt → issue
“I was wanting to go and compile all these statements and go to the media,” he told the New South Wales supreme court on Friday.
asserted
he → want → Friday
“I didn’t want to communicate at all from my phone because you can become a target…
asserted
you → want → phone
Under cross-examination by crown prosecutor Brett Hatfield SC, Lamarre-Condon agreed he was using the new sim card to contact former and current officers.
asserted
he → agree → officers
But asked why his phone records showed he only contacted one police officer on this sim, Lamarre-Condon said it only revealed his normal phone calls, telling the court: “You can’t see what I did on Signal”.
asserted
I → ask → Signal
The prosecutor said he could have used encrypted messaging app Signal on his normal phone, but Lamarre-Condon claimed police could make him unlock his own device and view his Signal records if he was investigated for talking to the media.
uncertain
he → say → media
Hatfield also questioned why Lamarre-Condon had Davies’s contact details on his phone.
asserted
Condon → question → phone
The former officer claimed Davies’s details were on his Instagram.
asserted
details → claim → Instagram
“I went and blocked numerous Instagram [accounts] from my own Instagram because of this incident,” he said, referring to the shootings.
asserted
he → go → shootings
“I even blocked Jesse’s family members from my account.
asserted
I → block → account
I didn’t want any of that.”
asserted
I → want → that
He de-activated his social media accounts soon after.
asserted
de → de → accounts
The trial before Justice Natalie Adams continues.
asserted
trial → continue → Adams
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