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5%
1 of 20 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Jurors have seen how dozens of CCTV cameras tracked Beau Lamarre-Condon’s movements across Sydney well into the night after allegedly murdering his ex.
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dozens → see → ex
The 31-year-old former senior constable has pleaded not guilty to the murders of his ex Jesse Baird and the 26-year-old’s new partner, Luke Davies, saying they were killed in two separate violent struggles.
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they → plead → struggles
CCTV played for the NSW supreme court jury on Tuesday shows Lamarre-Condon arriving on foot at an Avis car rental depot at about 9pm on 19 February, 2024, about 12 hours after the killings.
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Condon → play → killings
A receipt from his Uber account shows the senior constable hired a rideshare from Kensington, where he left his personal vehicle, to the rental car depot, prosecutor Brett Hatfield SC said.
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SC → show → depot
The accused can be seen driving out of the depot in a Toyota Hiace van, which was later discovered to have significant blood staining by forensics officers.
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which → accuse → officers
GPS data from the van shows it was parked near the rear roller door of Baird’s house in Paddington at about 11pm, Hatfield said.
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Hatfield → show → pm
It left 22 minutes later, he said.
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he → leave → ?
Further footage of the van near Baird’s house after midnight on February 20 would be played later in the trial, the prosecutor said.
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prosecutor → play → trial
The various vehicles Lamarre-Condon used to get around Sydney and its surrounds while cleaning up the alleged crime scene and disposing of two bodies have been a key part of the prosecution case.
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Condon → use → case
CCTV from another car hire business on February 18 – the day before the alleged murders – shows the former police officer’s mother hiring an SUV while her son waits outside.
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son → allege → SUV
Lamarre-Condon got his mother to hire the Mazda CX-5 because he intended to only kill Baird, Hatfield previously told the jury.
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Hatfield → get → jury
But after being surprised by Davies making a triple-zero call, he shot the 29-year-old through a door and had to upsize his vehicle and make extra purchases to accommodate the extra body, the prosecution alleges.
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prosecution → surprise → body
Audio of the triple-zero call made from Davies’ phone was played to the jury on Friday.
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Audio → make → Friday
After muffled words and sounds, an operator can be heard saying, “Caller disconnected, no request”.
“I heard a male say, ‘eff off’, call dropped out,” she says.
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she → hear → words
Lamarre-Condon’s barrister says his client made the call after killing Baird in self-defence but it was cut short by a second struggle in which Davies died.
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Davies → say → which
The men’s bodies were left in surfboard bags in the sharehouse’s courtyard overnight.
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bodies → leave → courtyard
Baird’s housemates took a photo of red liquid leaking from the bag when they discovered it later that day.
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they → take → it
The purchase of the second surfboard bag after the deaths is a further indicator of the former officer adapting to the unexpected killing of Davies, the prosecution alleges.
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prosecution → adapt → Davies
But Lamarre-Condon’s barrister says the lengths he went to in cleaning and disposing of the bodies showed his panic, rather than a murderous intent.
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he → say → panic
The trial continues.
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trial → continue → ?
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