Courts / New South Wales

Lamarre-Condon told friend how he would dispose of a body, court told

The Sydney Morning Herald Michaela Whitbourn

28 Sept 2026 12:07 AEST Summary

From the report

A former friend has testified in the ex-police officer’s double murder trial that she was “terrified” to go to the police after he was arrested on two counts of murder.

Appomattox Court House jimbowen0306 / flickr, CC BY

Appomattox Court House jimbowen0306 / flickr, CC BY

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Indicators

Niral Score 1.5 mundaneloaded

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

friend2murder2

Sourcing 79 unattributednamed sources Mood 18.8 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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The Sydney Morning Herald Lamarre-Condon told friend how he would dispose of a body, court told plain
The West Australian Beau Lamarre-Condon trial: Cop told friend how he would hide bodies after break-up, jury told plain
ABC News Court hears of Lamarre-Condon body in bushland conversation with friend plain

How each outlet filed it

Also covered by The West Australian, WAtoday, The Age, Brisbane Times. 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 Sydney Morning Heraldas they published this story	1.5	0	79	0	18.8
ABC News	6	4	82	-0.2	16.9

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The West Australian Beau Lamarre-Condon trial: Cop told friend how he would hide bodies after break-up, jury told Niral 2.3 political 0 WAtoday Lamarre-Condon told friend how he would dispose of a body, court told Niral 1.5 political 0 The Age Lamarre-Condon told friend how he would dispose of a body, court told Niral 1.5 political 0 Brisbane Times Lamarre-Condon told friend how he would dispose of a body, court told Niral 1.5 political 0 ABC News Court hears of Lamarre-Condon body in bushland conversation with friend Niral 6 political 0