{
  "id": 9679710,
  "title": "Beau Lamarre-Condon used friend to help fake cancer diagnosis before alleged double murder, court told",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/beau-lamarre-condon-used-friend-to-help-fake-cancer-diagnosis-before-9679710",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-25T02:18:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian",
    "slug": "the-guardian",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/25/beau-lamarre-condon-trial-cop-faked-cancer-sydney-murders-jesse-baird-luke-davies-ntwnfb"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Beau Lamarre-Condon, a 31-year-old former NSW police officer, has pleaded not guilty to murdering Jesse Baird, 26, and Luke Davies, 29. According to a Sydney court, Lamarre-Condon \"guilt-tripped\" a friend into helping him fake a cancer diagnosis to explain his erratic behaviour months before the alleged murders.\n\nLamarre-Condon is accused of fatally shooting Baird and Davies with a police service weapon in Baird's Paddington home on 19 February 2024.\n\nThe details were presented in a Sydney court, though further information is not available.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian Australia",
        "title": "Beau Lamarre-Condon used friend to help fake cancer diagnosis before alleged double murder, court told",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/beau-lamarre-condon-used-friend-to-help-fake-cancer-diagnosis-before",
        "published": "2026-09-25T02:18:03.000Z"
      }
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  },
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  "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."
}