Ex-police officer denies killing Sydney couple in murder trial

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 20 Oct, 00:07 · Archive

Beau Lamarre-Condon, 31, has pleaded not guilty to murdering Sydney couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies in February 2024.

Beau Lamarre-Condon, 31, is on trial for the murder of Sydney couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies at Baird's Paddington home on 19 February 2024. He has pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder and one count of aggravated break and enter. The prosecution alleges Lamarre-Condon, a former police officer, shot both men with his police service weapon after dressing as an Uber Eats driver to gain entry.

Court testimony revealed that Lamarre-Condon had an on-off relationship with Baird from about 2022. After a period of no contact from April 2023, Lamarre-Condon restarted the relationship on a sex-only basis in September 2023, which Baird agreed to. According to a police officer who gave evidence, Lamarre-Condon 'definitely' wanted more than a sexual relationship and saw the arrangement as a way to develop a deeper connection. In November 2023, Lamarre-Condon allegedly accessed Baird's phone, deleted messages from another man and blocked his number. When Baird discovered this, he ended the relationship permanently.

About a month after his arrest in March 2024, Lamarre-Condon allegedly called a friend who is a NSW police officer. He reportedly told her 'I love you' and 'not everything in the news is true'.

How it is being reported

• Beau Lamarre-Condon and Jesse Baird were 'friends with benefits' in the months before he allegedly killed him and his new boyfriendFollow Daily Mail's live coverage of Beau Lamarre-Condon's murder trial.Daily Mail · 19 Oct, 23:57
• Beau Lamarre-Condon told cop friend ‘I love you’ and ‘not everything in the news is true’ after arrest, court toldAccused asks fellow police officer how law enforcement would respond to reports of gunshots days before alleged murders, court hears Beau Lamarre-Condon allegedly told a friend “I love you’” and “not everything in the news is true” a month after he was arrested over a double murder, a court has heard. Lamarre-Condon, 31, has been accused of fatally shooting Sydney couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies with his police service weapon in Baird’s Paddington home on 19 February 2024. Continue reading...Guardian World · 19 Oct, 04:36

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

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