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Alleged cop Beau Lamarre-Condon’s murder trial begins

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21 Sept 2026 08:50 AEST Summary

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21 Sept 2026 10:30 AEST the headline was changed: Alleged killer ~~cop’s~~ cop Beau Lamarre-Condon’s murder trial ~~to begin as he fights allegations he killed his ex-boyfriend and the man’s new partner~~begins

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From the report

A former police officer who allegedly murdered his ex-boyfriend and the man’s new boyfriend will fight the allegations before a jury trial more than two years after the alleged killings.

Headline as published: Alleged killer cop Beau Lamarre-Condon’s murder trial begins

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Indicators

Niral Score 14.3 mundaneloaded

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

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Sentiment -0.6 hostilefavourable Sourcing 67 unattributednamed sources Mood 0 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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ABC News Murder accused Beau Lamarre-Condon had 'jealous infatuation', court hears plain
The Age Beau Lamarre-Condon double murder trial plain
The Sydney Morning Herald Beau Lamarre-Condon trial as it happened: Former NSW police officer’s trial begins over alleged murder of Paddington couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies plain
The West Australian Alleged ~~killer~~ cop Beau Lamarre-Condon’s murder trial begins 1 change

How each outlet filed it

Also covered by The Age, Brisbane Times, The Sydney Morning Herald, WAtoday. 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	Happiness
The West Australianas they published this story	14.3	0	67	-0.6	0
ABC News	11.7	9	24	-0.3	15.6

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The same event elsewhere

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ABC News Murder accused Beau Lamarre-Condon had 'jealous infatuation', court hears Niral 11.7 political 0 The Age Beau Lamarre-Condon double murder trial Niral 1.8 political 0 Brisbane Times Beau Lamarre-Condon double murder trial Niral 1.8 political 0 The Sydney Morning Herald Beau Lamarre-Condon double murder trial Niral 1.8 political 0 WAtoday Beau Lamarre-Condon double murder trial Niral 1.8 political 0 The Sydney Morning Herald Beau Lamarre-Condon trial as it happened: Former NSW police officer’s trial begins over alleged murder of Paddington couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies Niral 3.3 political 0 WAtoday Beau Lamarre-Condon trial as it happened: Former NSW police officer’s trial begins over alleged murder of Paddington couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies Niral 3.3 political 0 Brisbane Times Beau Lamarre-Condon trial as it happened: Former NSW police officer’s trial begins over alleged murder of Paddington couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies Niral 3.3 political 0