Accused killer cop showed cuts after alleged couple murders

Summarised from 3 outlets · 4 reports · Updated 29 Oct, 01:40 · Archive

A former police officer accused of murdering a Sydney couple allegedly had cuts on his hands days after the alleged February 2024 killings.

Beau Lamarre-Condon, 31, a former police officer, stands accused of murdering TV presenter Jesse Baird, whom he briefly dated, and Luke Davies, a Qantas host, on 19 February 2024 at Baird's Paddington home in Sydney. The jury in his trial at the NSW Supreme Court has been shown photographs revealing cuts and abrasions on Lamarre-Condon's hands days after the alleged killings.

Lamarre-Condon has pleaded not guilty and is arguing self-defence. The court heard that he knew he was a police suspect in the disappearances by at least 22 February. On that date at around 6.30pm, he called Bondi police station and told an officer he was 'not avoiding' detectives. 'They came to my home earlier, I think it may be about a complaint that I'm under, but I'm not avoiding them. Just tell them I will come in tomorrow,' he allegedly said.

The following morning, Lamarre-Condon called a police helpline as he was on his way to hand himself in. In a recording played to the jury, he claimed he suffered 'trauma' and had been 'severely bullied'. 'All this death and trauma and psychological abuse and trauma – did I say trauma already? – has caused me to not sleep, get anxious,' he said in the call.

WAtoday reports that a former friend of Lamarre-Condon described to the jury the moment he arrived at her house unannounced to clean blood from the back of his van. This suggests he may have told the friend he had 'done something bad'.

How it is being reported

• ‘If I don’t get to talk to you again’: Lamarre-Condon’s texts before alleged murders revealedThe former policeman sent a friend a series of messages shortly before he allegedly killed Sydney couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies, a court has heard.WAtoday · 29 Oct, 02:22
• Cuts on accused killer Beau Lamarre-Condon’s hands days after alleged murders captured in pictures shown to juryNew photographs reveal cuts and abrasions on a former police officer’s hands days after he allegedly murdered a Sydney couple, a court has been told.The West Australian · 29 Oct, 01:30
• Cuts on accused killer Beau Lamarre-Condon’s hands days after alleged murders captured in pictures shown to juryNew photographs reveal cuts and abrasions on a former police officer’s hands days after he allegedly murdered a Sydney couple, a court has been told.Perth Now · 29 Oct, 01:29
• Accused killer cop allegedly told ex-friend he'd 'done something bad'A former friend of Beau Lamarre-Condon has described to a jury the moment he arrived at her house unannounced to clean blood from the back of his van.WAtoday · 28 Oct, 07:47

In this story: Beau Lamarre-Condon · Jesse Baird · Luke Davies · Bondi police station · NSW Supreme Court · Paddington · Sydney

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