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Court proceedings expose premeditated surveillance and staging activities of former NSW police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon, accused of killing TV presenter Jesse Baird and Luke Davies, with defense claiming accidental self-defense.
A man dressed as an Uber Eats rider stands on a street corner in Paddington in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs. A court has heard he was in the area for more than three hours before walking to a nearby house.
Inside the home are 26-year-old TV presenter Jesse Baird and 29-year-old Qantas flight attendant Luke Davies. Just before 10 o'clock the couple is shot dead - the sounds captured on nearby security footage The prosecution alleges off duty New South Wales police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon was the man in the Uber Eats outfit and used his police pistol to murder the couple driven by an obsessive and jealous infatuation with Jesse Baird. Mr Lamarre-Condon has pleaded not guilty.
His legal team arguing he acted in self-defence with the gun discharging accidentally during a struggle with the two men. For the first time, CCTV footage played to the jury has revealed Mr Lamarre-Condon's movements. The court heard police investigators obtained 14,000 hours of vision from 200 locations. Two days before the alleged murders security camera vision shows the accused shopping with a friend in Miranda in Sydney’s Sutherland Shire to buy a surfboard bag to allegedly conceal a body.
It's alleged he asked his friend whether he would fit in it. The next day cameras at Balmain police station captured Mr Lamarre-Condon but the prosecution alleges this shows him pretending to return his gun and instead retained it. Later that night the court heard Mr Lamarre-Condon went to another Sydney suburb, Mascot, with his mother to hire a Mazda. Coleen Lamarre is not accused of any involvement in the killings.
It's alleged the Mazda was left overnight at a so-called staging point in Kensington in the city's east. On the 19th of February cameras allegedly captured Beau Lamarre-Condon up early leaving his home in Balmain. He collects the Mazda at Kensington and arrives at Paddington. He drives around for several minutes, parks the car and waits.
Mr Lamarre-Condon's friend at the time, Georgia Cook gave evidence last week, and again today. She told the court that the accused asked her months earlier... GEORGIA COOK : What would you do if I told you I killed somebody? Would you help me hide the body?
JASON OM: She says Mr Lamarre-Condon went on. BEAU LARMARRE-CONDON : After I kill them, I would take their stuff and I would put it in a dumpster and I would take their bodies to bushland where no-one would ever find them. JASON OM: Ms Cook told the court that conversation left her feeling scared and she said she ended the friendship.
The court heard Jesse Baird and Beau Lamarre-Condon had been dating but that in November 2023, Mr Baird broke it off. Several witnesses told the court that Mr Baird saw the relationship as nothing more than casual but another witness said the accused wanted more and described Mr Baird as "the one.
"The prosecution alleges he misused his position to obtain this security footage from the Royal Hotel near where Mr Baird lived in Paddington in May 2023. The video allegedly showed Mr Baird on a date with another man. The prosecution alleges Mr Lamarre-Condon was also tampering with Mr Baird's phone blocking male contacts he perceived as romantic rivals. INSTAGRAM POST: All I want to say is be very careful and trust your gut.
It took me so long to recover from all the manipulation, and he has now tried to make me look like the "bad guy" with no accountability on his end. JASON OM: It's alleged he used the close friends function in Instagram to specifically ward off others including sharing this image allegedly falsely implying Mr Baird had sent him flowers.
After Mr Baird confronted him about it the prosecution alleges the accused staged another image to make it look like the flowers were for his mum. One of the accused's work colleagues Rubina Shrestha told the court he was proud and happy about these activities. JASON OM: But under cross examination by the defence, the witness agreed Mr Lamarre-Condon had told her he was completely over Mr Baird after the final break up in November 2023.
The defence argues the accused did not intend to harm anyone at Paddington and had entered Mr Baird's house to collect his belongings using a key he had been given and believing no one to be home before he was surprised by the men. CCTV footage of former cop, Beau Lamarre-Condon, has been released revealing the final days before he allegedly shot a Sydney couple with his police pistol.
The accused is on trial for the alleged murders of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies. Jason Om has been following the trial.
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