Courts / New South Wales

Alleged double murderer Lamarre-Condon acted in self-defence, court told

Brisbane Times Michaela Whitbourn, Perry Duffin, Megan Gorrey

22 Sept 2026 17:52 AEST Summary

From the report

The former police officer engaged in a struggle with Jesse Baird and Luke Davies when he entered the Paddington home in disguise, his defence lawyer says.

This is a summary. The indicators are not. The scores were measured over this summary alone, which is less of the article than we would like and makes them less certain.

Indicators

Niral Score 1.8 mundaneloaded

None in this text. Words that carry a fact and quoted words are not counted.

No word appears twice.

Sentiment -0.4 hostilefavourable Sourcing 79 unattributednamed sources Mood 50 sorrowjoyful

5 read zero: political diction, generational, gender, jingoistic, religious

Political diction 0 left-codedright-coded Generational 0 harder on the oldharder on the young Gender 0 no gendered framingframing throughout Jingoistic 0 reports to a readerwrites from a camp Religious 0 not invokedovert

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How outlets headlined it

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Brisbane Times Alleged double murderer Lamarre-Condon acted in self-defence, court told plain
7NEWS Beau Lamarre-Condon: Trial begins for former cop over alleged murder of Sydney couple plain
The Sydney Morning Herald Beau Lamarre-Condon trial as it happened: Former NSW Police officer says he acted in self-defence as trial continues over alleged murders of Jesse Baird, Luke Davies plain
The Guardian Australia Former cop Beau Lamarre-Condon argues self-defence in double murder trial, citing struggle over gun plain
ABC News Double murder-accused Beau Lamarre-Condon acted in 'self defence', court told plain
7NEWS Beau Lamarre-Condon trial: Accused double murderer claims he killed Jesse Baird and Luke Davies in self-defence plain

How each outlet filed it

Also covered by The Sydney Morning Herald, WAtoday, Brisbane Times, The Age. We hold only their summary of it, not the report, so there is nothing of theirs to measure here.

Outlet	Niral Score	Adjectives	Sourcing	Sentiment	Gender	Happiness
Brisbane Timesas they published this story	1.8	0	79	-0.4	0	50
7NEWS	7.4	3	49	-0.1	0	15.6
The Guardian Australia	7.3	7	77	-0.5	3.6	19.6
ABC News	8.7	5	76	-0.2	0	16.9
7NEWS	14.2	6	60	-0.5	0	1.4

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Cop on trial for double murder claims self - defence cessnockadvertiser.com.au
Cop on trial for double murder claims self - defence crookwellgazette.com.au
Cop on trial for double murder claims self - defence merimbulanewsweekly.com.au
Cop on trial for double murder claims self - defence braidwoodtimes.com.au
Cop on trial for double murder claims self - defence goulburnpost.com.au
Cop on trial for double murder claims self - defence camdencourier.com.au

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