Courts / New South Wales

CCTV from date, an alleged break-in: Exhibits in ex-cop’s murder trial

The Sydney Morning Herald Michaela Whitbourn, Megan Gorrey

24 Sept 2026 14:28 AEST Summary

Changed after publishing · 1 edit

24 Sept 2026 18:46 AEST the headline was changed: CCTV ~~and the $85 surfboard cover: Video played~~ from date, an alleged break-in: Exhibits in ex-cop’s murder trial

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From the report

Accused double murderer Beau Lamarre-Condon allegedly asked a friend if he would fit inside a surfboard bag, a Sydney court has heard.

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 2.3 mundaneloaded

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

No word appears twice.

Sentiment -0.1 hostilefavourable Sourcing 67 unattributednamed sources Mood 26.3 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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The Sydney Morning Herald CCTV from date, an alleged break-in: Exhibits in ex-cop’s murder trial plain
WAtoday CCTV and the $85 surfboard cover: Video played in ex-cop’s murder trial plain

How this outlet filed it, and how we rewrote it

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Also covered by 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
The Sydney Morning Heraldas they published this story	2.3

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The same event elsewhere

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WAtoday CCTV and the $85 surfboard cover: Video played in ex-cop’s murder trial Niral 2.9 political 0 Brisbane Times CCTV and the $85 surfboard cover: Video played in ex-cop’s murder trial Niral 2.9 political 0 The Age CCTV from date, an alleged break-in: Exhibits in ex-cop’s murder trial Niral 2.3 political 0