Former officer's Taylor Swift quote disputed in murder trial

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 20 Oct, 01:02 · Archive

A former Australian police officer is accused of misusing a Taylor Swift reference to blame a friend for hiding bodies of a couple he allegedly killed.

Beau Lamarre-Condon, a former police officer, is on trial in the NSW Supreme Court for the deaths of Jesse Baird and his boyfriend Luke Davies, who died on 19 February 2024. Mr Lamarre-Condon, 31, has pleaded not guilty and is arguing self-defence before the jury.

According to Mr Lamarre-Condon's statement written in June 2025, he showed a friend, known as Elizabeth Kennedy for legal reasons, the couple's bodies. He claims Ms Kennedy told him: 'This is like Taylor Swift's song No Body, No Crime – we have to get rid of (the bodies) straight away.' Crown prosecutor Brett Hatfield SC told the jury that this account is 'a lie' and that Mr Lamarre-Condon had already decided to conceal the deaths before showing Ms Kennedy.

Ms Kennedy approached police on 23 February and disclosed that she had driven to a farm with Mr Lamarre-Condon on 21 February. The former officer allegedly left her at the gate to Cella Farm in Bungonia in the NSW Southern Tablelands and cut the padlock. This disclosure sparked a search for the couple's bodies. The jury was told that Mr Lamarre-Condon was talkative on the way to the farm but his 'mood was different' on the return journey.

How it is being reported

• ‘No Body, No Crime’: Beau Lamarre-Condon’s Taylor Swift reference an alleged ‘lie’A former police officer is accused of using a Taylor Swift reference while trying to blame a friend for hiding the bodies of a couple he allegedly killed.Perth Now · 20 Oct, 00:29
• ‘No Body, No Crime’: Beau Lamarre-Condon’s Taylor Swift reference an alleged ‘lie’A former police officer is accused of using a Taylor Swift reference while trying to blame a friend for hiding the bodies of a couple he allegedly killed.The West Australian · 20 Oct, 00:29

In this story: Beau Lamarre-Condon · Jesse Baird · Luke Davies · Elizabeth Kennedy · Brett Hatfield · Taylor Swift · NSW Supreme Court · Cella Farm

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