{
  "id": 10351349,
  "title": "Court hears of Lamarre-Condon body in bushland conversation with friend",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/court-hears-of-lamarre-condon-body-in-bushland-conversation-with",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-28T03:05:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ABC News AU",
    "slug": "abc-news-au",
    "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-28/beau-lamarre-condon-double-murder-trial-friend-surreal-comments/107203772"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Former police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon is on trial for the double murder of Sydney couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies. A former friend of Lamarre-Condon, Georgia Cook, testified that nine months before the murders, she and the accused had a conversation in which he expressed a desire to kill someone, hide their belongings in a dumpster, and dispose of their bodies in bushland. Cook described the conversation as surreal and frightening, and stated that she told Lamarre-Condon she did not want to be involved in helping to hide a body. Lamarre-Condon's defense attorney argued that Cook's account of the conversation was something she had read in the media, but Cook maintained that the accused had made the comments himself. The trial, presided over by Justice Natalie Adams, is expected to last three months.",
  "summary": "A friend of Beau-Lamarre Condon has told his double murder trial the former cop once asked her if she would help hide a body months before Jesse Baird and Luke Davies were killed in 2024.",
  "key_points": [
    "Former police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon on trial for double murder",
    "Georgia Cook testified about 9-month-old conversation with Lamarre-Condon",
    "Cook said Lamarre-Condon expressed desire to kill, hide bodies in bushland"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian Australia",
        "title": "Beau Lamarre-Condon told friend if he killed anyone he’d dump belongings in bin and take bodies to bushland, court hears",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/beau-lamarre-condon-told-friend-if-he-killed-anyone-hed-dump",
        "published": "2026-09-28T01:15:31.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "Lamarre-Condon told friend how he would dispose of a body, court told",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/lamarre-condon-told-friend-how-he-would-dispose-of-a-body-court-told",
        "published": "2026-09-28T02:07:57.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "Lamarre-Condon told friend how he would dispose of a body, court told",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/lamarre-condon-told-friend-how-he-would-dispose-of-a-body-court-told-10339858",
        "published": "2026-09-28T02:07:57.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}