Courts / Sydney, NSW

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

Brisbane Times Michaela Whitbourn, Perry Duffin, Megan Gorrey

21 Sept 2026 13:57 AEST Summary

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21 Sept 2026 18:01 AEST the headline was changed: Beau Lamarre-Condon trial ~~live updates:~~ as it happened: Former NSW police officer’s trial begins over alleged murder of Paddington couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies

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From the report

A jury of 15 was empanelled on Monday in the double murder trial in Sydney.

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Indicators

Niral Score 3.3 mundaneloaded

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

trial3murder2

Sourcing 71 unattributednamed sources Mood 9.6 sorrowjoyful

6 read zero: sentiment, political diction, generational, gender, jingoistic, religious

Sentiment 0 hostilefavourable 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 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
ABC News Murder accused Beau Lamarre-Condon had 'jealous infatuation', court hears plain
The Age Beau Lamarre-Condon double murder trial 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, The West Australian. 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
Brisbane Timesas they published this story	3.3	0	71	0	9.6
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 West Australian Alleged cop Beau Lamarre-Condon’s murder trial begins Niral 14.3 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