Claims extracted
25
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
4%
1 of 25 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
29
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Jesse Baird was “petrified” of Beau Lamarre-Condon because he was an armed police officer who could make a false allegation that would ruin his career, a court has heard.
uncertain
court → make → career
Lamarre-Condon has been accused of fatally shooting Sydney couple Jesse Baird, 26, and Luke Davies, 29, with a police service weapon at Baird’s Paddington home on 19 February 2024.
asserted
Condon → accuse → February
The 31-year-old pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder and one charge of aggravated break and enter.
asserted
old → plead → break
Lamarre-Condon developed an “obsession and infatuation” with Baird, which manifested in compulsive actions during their brief relationship, the prosecution alleged.
asserted
prosecution → develop → relationship
By the time Baird decided he wanted to end things in November 2023, the behaviour had escalated.
asserted
behaviour → decide → November
Corey-Dean Thorpe, who had previously been in a years-long relationship with the 26-year-old and remained close friends, began sobbing in the witness box as he told the trial how Baird felt.
asserted
Baird → remain → trial
“He was petrified,” Thorpe told the New South Wales supreme court.
asserted
Thorpe → tell → court
“I’d never heard him so scared in his voice before.
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him → hear → voice
“He just kept repeating, ‘he has a gun’.”
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he → keep → gun
Baird told Thorpe he was “extremely scared” of Lamarre-Condon because he had a gun and was a member of the police force, the court heard.
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court → tell → force
Asked by crown prosecutor Brett Hatfield SC if the 26-year-old had said he was scared to go to the police because Lamarre-Condon was a police officer, Thorpe agreed.
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Thorpe → ask → police
Baird was also worried Lamarre-Condon would make a false allegation against him that would “ruin his career”, Thorpe said.
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Thorpe → worry → career
Because he was a television presenter on children’s show Totally Wild and an AFL umpire, he needed a certification to work with children, the court heard.
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court → need → children
Baird sent messages to Thorpe asking for advice on how to break up with Lamarre-Condon.
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Baird → send → Condon
Baird told Thorpe he was worried about what would happen when he ended things “because of the gun and because the accused had stalked and controlled him”, the prosecutor alleged.
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prosecutor → tell → him
On 3 February 2024, months after the break up, one of Baird’s best friends asked if he had heard from Lamarre-Condon.
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he → ask → Condon
He said Baird had replied: “No, thank fuck, I’m so done with him”.
asserted
I → say → him
“Once I move house, this will be the last piece of me that Beau knows.”
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Beau → move → that
Baird confirmed his new relationship with Davies to his best friend soon after during their last phone call together.
asserted
Baird → confirm → call
“He was almost falling in love with him,” the friend told the court.
asserted
friend → fall → court
“I’d never seen Jesse as happy with Luke as what I’d seen him ever.
asserted
I → see → him
There was something about Luke that just lit Jesse up: they were the real deal.”
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they → be → Jesse
Lamarre-Condon’s defence team has claimed the police officer was acting in self-defence when he disguised himself as an Uber Eats driver and entered Baird’s home on 19 February.
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he → claim → February
Defence lawyer John Stratton SC argued a struggle had ensued which led to the shots that killed Davies and Baird.
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that → argue → Davies
The trial before justice Natalie Adams continues.
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trial → continue → justice
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