{"id":27255,"date":"2024-02-23T05:47:20","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T10:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=27255"},"modified":"2024-02-23T05:47:20","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T10:47:20","slug":"policeman-charged-with-murder-of-missing-sydney-couple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2024\/02\/23\/policeman-charged-with-murder-of-missing-sydney-couple\/","title":{"rendered":"Policeman charged with murder of missing Sydney couple"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A 28-year-old police officer has been charged with murdering missing Australian TV personality Jesse Baird and his boyfriend Luke Davies.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Detectives launched a frantic search on Wednesday after the couple’s bloodied items were found in a bin near Sydney.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Beaumont Lamarre-Condon, Baird’s ex-boyfriend, was being sought by police and handed himself in on Friday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Detectives say they are yet to locate the men’s bodies or confirm their cause of death.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Police allege the couple were killed on Monday inside Jesse Baird’s house in Paddington, an inner Sydney suburb, before their bodies were moved in a white van.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Witnesses told investigators they heard “shouting” and a “verbal argument” that morning, and the rented van was captured at the scene on CCTV footage that evening. The van was found in Sydney’s south on Friday morning.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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New South Wales Police have said a bullet matching Beaumont Lamarre-Condon’s work-issued gun was found at the crime scene in Paddington, as was a “significant” amount of blood and upturned furniture.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He did not turn up to work on Tuesday, but the senior constable’s gun was later located in a safe at a police station, Det Supt Daniel Doherty told reporters.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Police have also seized blood-stained clothes, a phone and credit cards from an industrial bin in Cronulla, 28km (17 miles) away from the crime scene, and a number of items from a house in Balmain.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Det Supt Doherty said Beaumont Lamarre-Condon was also believed to have travelled to Newcastle – 170km north of the crime scene – at some point after the alleged killings.<\/p>\n

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He said information gleaned from Beaumont Lamarre-Condon so far had “not assisted” the investigation but tip-offs from the public had been a great help. He again appealed for anyone with information to contact police.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“It’s really important that we do locate the bodies, not only for the cause of death but for answers for the family… They are obviously devastated,” Det Supt Doherty said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Baird had been a presenter and red carpet reporter on Network 10’s morning show Studio 10 until the programme was axed in December, while Mr Davies was a flight attendant for Qantas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Happy photos of the pair featured heavily on their social media, which has been flooded with condolences since their disappearance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Beaumont Lamarre-Condon joined the police force in 2019 and was previously a celebrity blogger who had met stars including Taylor Swift, Harry Styles and Miley Cyrus.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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His many encounters with celebrities was reported in Australian media, including a magazine spread asking if he was “Australia’s biggest fan?”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Det Supt Doherty declined to identify a motive for the alleged crimes but said the police officer’s relationship with Jesse Baird had ended “a couple of months ago”, “so that’s an obvious line of inquiry”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Beaumont Lamarre-Condon was refused bail and appeared in court on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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