An Australian tv community has paid tribute to an “amazingly talented” presenter who was allegedly murdered together with his accomplice by a former lover.
Jesse Baird, 26, and his flight attendant accomplice Luke Davies, 29, had been allegedly shot lifeless in Mr Baird’s Sydney residence final week.
On Wednesday, Network 10 – the place Mr Baird labored as a presenter till December – paid tribute to “our friend and former colleague”.
“The Network 10 family has been rocked by the murder of Jesse, alongside that of his partner Luke Davies, and our hearts go out to their families and friends,” the corporate wrote in an announcement posted on social media.
“We need to have fun Jesse for the person he was, not the way in which he died.
“Here’s how we remember him – amazingly talented, funny, beautiful inside and out, and forever loved and missed.
“We love you, Jesse.”
Presenter Sandra Sully additionally learn the tribute dwell on 10 News First – the community’s day by day 5pm information programme – earlier than a montage of Mr Baird’s profession highlights was performed, which described him as “one of those rare people who was a complete natural on TV”.
The our bodies of Mr Baird and Mr Davies had been discovered by police in surf luggage on Tuesday after Beau Lamarre-Condon, a police officer who was in a relationship with the TV presenter till late final yr, offered them with info.
Lamarre-Condon, 28, was charged on Friday with the murders of each males.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese additionally paid tribute to the couple, describing their deaths as a “terrible incident”.
“I feel for the grieving of the family, the friends, they obviously were full of life because so many people interacted with them,” he mentioned throughout an interview with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).
“It’s a really tough day for, as well, the queer community, and it’s been a very difficult time.”
‘I’m numb’
Mr Baird’s shut good friend additionally informed ABC she was “shattered” by the information, describing him as not simply her greatest good friend however her soulmate.
“I am numb, I feel lost and my heart will always have something missing. We had big plans together, and I promise to carry them out for both of us. I’ll make you proud, Jesse,” Brooke Copson mentioned.
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Meanwhile, an government supervisor at Qantas – the airline Mr Davies labored for – mentioned he might be “deeply missed” by the cabin crew group.
“Luke was a much-loved member of the Qantas cabin crew community in Brisbane and Sydney. He had a passion for travel, life, his family and friends and the customers that he served. He will be deeply missed,” ABC quoted Leeanne Langridge as saying.
The deaths prompted Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras organisers to ask officers within the New South Wales power to not march at an annual parade going down on Saturday.
The alleged killer has been a part of the parade up to now, organisers mentioned.
But on Wednesday, the Mardi Gras board mentioned an settlement had been reached with police wherein officers will nonetheless have the chance to march within the parade however will achieve this not in uniform and in a “reduced capacity”.
Source: information.sky.com”