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Court hears voice notes from officer accused of killing Jesse Baird and Luke Davies
A Sydney jury heard voice notes from Beau Lamarre-Condon in his trial over the deaths of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies.
Prosecutors accuse the 31-year-old police officer of shooting the men with his service weapon at Baird’s Paddington home on 19 February 2024.
In messages sent days later to a man he had met on a dating app, Lamarre-Condon said he felt unwell and was trying to regain a positive mindset.
He has pleaded not guilty to two murder charges and a charge of aggravated break and enter.
His defence says the men were shot accidentally during separate struggles and that he acted in self-defence.
The jury has also heard evidence about phone records and a former police friend who said Lamarre-Condon asked her to help clean blood from a van.
The trial is continuing before the New South Wales Supreme Court.
A jury in Beau Lamarre-Condon’s double-murder trial heard voice notes he sent in the days after Jesse Baird and Luke Davies were allegedly killed.
In one recording, Lamarre-Condon said he was trying to “get back into a positive mindset.”
He is accused of fatally shooting Baird and Davies with his police service weapon at Baird’s Paddington home on 19 February 2024.
Lamarre-Condon has pleaded not guilty to two murder charges and aggravated break and enter.
His defence says the men were accidentally shot during separate struggles and that he acted in self-defence.
- Who
- Beau Lamarre-Condon is accused of killing Jesse Baird and Luke Davies.
- What
- A jury heard voice notes Lamarre-Condon sent after the alleged killings.
- When
- The recordings were played in court on Tuesday. The alleged killings took place on 19 February 2024.
- Where
- The alleged killings took place at Baird’s home in Paddington, Sydney. The recordings were played to a NSW Supreme Court jury.
- Why
- Not stated
Prosecution
Defence
Cause of deaths
Prosecution
Lamarre-Condon is accused of fatally shooting Baird and Davies with his police service weapon.
Defence
The defence says the men were accidentally shot during separate struggles and Lamarre-Condon acted in self-defence.
Aftermath
Prosecution
Not stated in the sources as a prosecution argument.
Defence
The defence says Lamarre-Condon cleaned the scene and disposed of the bodies because he panicked.
Baird and Davies were allegedly killed at Baird’s home in Paddington.
Lamarre-Condon sent a voice note to a man he had met on a dating app.
Lamarre-Condon sent another voice note and had minor surgery, according to evidence heard in court.
Former police officer Fiona Rosso said Lamarre-Condon came to her home and scrubbed blood from a van.
The jury heard voice notes Lamarre-Condon sent after the alleged killings.
- Accused
- Beau Lamarre-Condon
- People allegedly killed
- Jesse Baird and Luke Davies
- Alleged location
- Baird’s home in Paddington, Sydney
- Date of alleged killings
- 19 February 2024
- Charges
- Two counts of murder and one charge of aggravated break and enter
3 sources
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What people are saying
I’m trying to get back into a positive mindset.
Don’t take it personal, I literally haven’t replied to any of my friends
panicked considerably
I didn't want to provoke Beau to hurt me.