Police Uninvited from Mardi Gras After Alleged Double Murder Incident

Published on February 27, 2024

The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras board has disinvited New South Wales (NSW) Police from a major pride festival after a senior constable allegedly murdered two men. Senior Constable Beau Lamarre-Condon, 28, has been charged with the murders of Ten television presenter Jesse Baird, 26, and flight attendant Luke Davies, 29. The Mardi Gras board said the community needed space to grieve the loss of the two men, who would have been marching in the parade. The Sydney Mardi Gras Parade, its annual LGBT pride festival will involve 12,000 marchers on 200 floats, with about 250,000 spectators on Oxford Street. The Mardi Gras board revealed in recent days many people had voiced concerns about feeling uneasy at the parade in the presence of police....