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A forensic investigator has told the NSW Supreme Court that police found a fired bullet beneath the kitchen floor of the Paddington home where Beau Lamarre-Condon is accused of murdering Jesse Baird and Luke Davies.
Police examining the Paddington home where Beau Lamarre-Condon is accused of murdering Sydney couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies found a fired bullet beneath the kitchen floor, a court has heard.
Lamarre-Condon, 31, is standing trial in the NSW Supreme Court on two counts of murder. He has pleaded not guilty. The charges relate to the shooting deaths of Jesse Baird, 26, and Luke Davies, 29, in Paddington on February 19, 2024. NSW Police senior sergeant Bronwyn Lansley, working in crime scene investigation, was the lead forensic investigator at the property.
Forensic Floor Plans Detail Property
She started giving evidence on Tuesday. During her testimony, the 15-person jury was shown marked-up floor plans of Baird's share house. The plans indicated items of forensic significance found at the property. Lansley told the court that photographs and sketches with measurements were used to create the computer-aided design plan of the terrace.
She said she located a fired cartridge case above the kitchen cupboards when searching the kitchen with a ladder. A CAD-generated floor plan of the kitchen was tendered in court along with a series of photographs from the scene. It indicated where the damaged bullet was found. Lansley said the bullet was located on the subfloor beneath the kitchen.
Police also identified impact damage to a kitchen wall, the court heard. She told the court the property had a trapdoor in the ground-floor bedroom leading to a subfloor. A blood-stained tarpaulin was found under this room. The prosecution case is that Lamarre-Condon shot Baird twice in the kitchen.
Prosecution Alleges Murder Motive
Crown prosecutor Brett Hatfield, SC, said in his opening address to the jury that this included an execution-style shot through his temple. He said the bullet went through the floor. The Crown alleges Davies, Baird's new boyfriend, was killed to eliminate a witness to the crime. The prosecution alleges Lamarre-Condon, then a NSW police officer, murdered Baird after developing an obsessive and jealous infatuation with him.
That infatuation escalated when the former Network Ten producer and presenter ended their casual relationship in November 2023. There is no dispute that Lamarre-Condon was at the terrace when Baird and Davies died. It is also undisputed that they died of gunshot wounds from his police-issued pistol, and that he was disguised as a delivery rider.
However, the defence case is that Lamarre-Condon was there to pick up some of his belongings and did not expect anybody to be home. The defence says a struggle ensued in which his gun accidentally went off twice, killing Baird. It says Davies accidentally shot himself in a second struggle after grabbing the gun. The trial continues.
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