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Beau Lamarre-Condon told cop friend ‘I love you’ and ‘not everything in the news is true’ after arrest, court told
Accused asks fellow police officer how law enforcement would respond to reports of gunshots days before alleged murders, court hears Beau Lamarre-Condon allegedly told a friend “I love you’” and “not everything in the news is true” a month after he was arrested over a double murder, a court has heard. Lamarre-Condon, 31, has been accused of fatally shooting Sydney couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies with his police service weapon in Baird’s Paddington home on 19 February 2024. Continue reading...

Anthropic says it will commit 5% of shares to ‘public benefit’ fund
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Trump defends Russian sanctions relief, lashes out at Zelenskyy
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Fast-moving grass fire caused Canada’s military base tragedy
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Former Labor attorney general turned judge Robert McClelland named new anti-corruption boss
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Threat forces Israel to Austria flight into emergency landing
Crew of Austrian Airlines flight OS82 decides to land in Sofia after receiving bomb threat, Bulgarian authorities say.