Jessie Baird and Luke Davies deaths: Angie Kent slams Police Commissioner Karen Webb after her ‘grateful’ comment about alleged double murderer – as calls mount for her to resign

By William On Feb 28, 2024

The Bachelorette star Angie Kent has criticized Police Chief Karen Webb for her language while discussing accused killer Beau Lamarre-Condon.

The bodies of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies were discovered in a shallow forest grave on Tuesday after they were allegedly killed by the NSW police officer.

Calls for Webb to resign are mounting after her “trainwreck” press conference on Tuesday afternoon, in which she said she was “grateful” to Lamarre-Condon for helping police.

Kent, who was friends with Channel 10 star Baird, lashed out at Webb in an Instagram Story, posting a screenshot of an article reporting the top cop’s “appreciative” comments.

‘Would we use the world gratefully Karen? I really don’t think there is any gratitude here,” the former Gogglebox Australia star wrote.

The Bachelorette star Angie Kent (left) has criticized Police Commissioner Karen Webb (right) for her language while discussing accused murderer Beau Lamarre-Condon

‘Reliving the pain and sending love to their loved ones. Truly…I can’t imagine the pain,” she continued.

Kent went on to condemn Webb for previously describing the two men’s deaths as a “crime of passion,” then using a clumsy reference to Taylor Swift to defend her comment.

She also accused NSW Police of “throwing all their toys out of their stroller” after she was asked not to participate in this year’s Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade.

“(NSW Police Force) can still be there, just like the rest of us. Please don’t wear uniforms this year. It is too early. But no, they had a whole song and dance about it, which took away from what’s really important here,” Kent wrote.

Calls for Webb to resign are mounting after her “trainwreck” press conference on Tuesday afternoon, in which she said she was “grateful” to Lamarre-Condon for helping police

‘Now we should be grateful? I’m sorry guys. I really am. You deserved so much more. Our hearts are broken,” she continued.

She concluded her post with a tribute to Jesse, writing, “May your body rest in peace with your partner Luke. And your absolute, solid gold of spirit lives on, with every song we can’t help but dance extra hard.’

“Any big cheesy grin that lights up a room. And every rainbow is you. We love you. Praying extra hard for their families today. I’m very sorry. This should never have happened,” she concluded.

Kent also condemned Ms Webb for previously describing the deaths of the two men as a ‘crime of passion’.

It comes as calls mount on Webb over her language while discussing accused murderer Lamarre-Condon during her press conference on Tuesday afternoon.

Lamarre-Condon, a NSW Police chief, was charged with two counts of murder on Friday, but waited until 11am on Tuesday – after speaking to his lawyer – to help police.

The commissioner had made a point of telling reporters she was “grateful” for Lamarre-Condon’s help after the bodies of Baird and his friend Luke Davies were found that morning at a property in Bungonia, about 180km south of Sydney.

In an interview with the Today Show on Wednesday morning, Commissioner Webb doubled down on her comments, telling host Sarah Abo that it was the families of the alleged victims who were grateful their remains had been found.

It comes as Webb dismissed criticism of her leadership with a quote from Taylor Swift, saying ‘haters love to hate’, and caused a stir by describing the incident as a so-called ‘crime of passion’.

Abo told Commissioner Webb, “Now you’ve personally come under fire, Commissioner, for some of the language you’ve used – that press conference yesterday felt a little… all over the place in a way.

‘As you have said before, the (alleged) ‘crime of passion’ (comment) is something you regret. Yesterday you said that you were very grateful to the suspect. It’s hard, isn’t it, you have to be in front of the cameras, right?’

The bodies of Luke Davies (left) and Jesse Baird (right) were found on Tuesday

Webb responded, “I think the comment about being grateful is being grateful that the family now knows, and was able to know yesterday, where their loved ones were.

“If that information didn’t come forward, we would still be searching. So we’re grateful that the information emerged in a way that allowed investigators to act.

“And we were able to tell the families and get the families to their loved ones.”

When asked if she felt comfortable in her role when dealing with the media, Ms. Webb replied: “Of course.”