Beau Lamarre-Condon told friend if he killed anyone he’d dump belongings in bin and take bodies to bushland, court hears
A Sydney police officer told a friend he would hide the bodies of anyone he killed in bushland and put their belongings in a dumpster, months before allegedly murdering Jesse Baird and Luke Davies, a court has heard.
Beau Lamarre-Condon, 31, has been accused of fatally shooting the couple with a police service weapon in Baird’s Paddington home on 19 February 2024.
He has pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder and one charge of aggravated break and enter.
At his double murder trial on Monday, Georgia Cook, a close friend of Lamarre-Condon, told the NSW supreme court about a dinner in May 2023.
The brief relationship between Baird and Lamarre-Condon had ended when the accused asked her what she would do if he told her he’d killed someone, Cook told the jury.
He then asked what she would do if she killed someone and what she would do with their bodies, the court heard. Cook responded she had no idea.
She said on Monday that Lamarre-Condon replied: “After I’d killed them I would take their stuff, I would put it in a dumpster, and I would take their bodies in bushland where nobody would ever find them.”
Asked about her response, Cook said the situation in 2023 felt “very surreal”.
“I didn’t know whether to believe anything I’d heard, or whether it was true,” she told the jury.
“Hearing a person of power in the police force [say that] – it felt like I didn’t have anywhere to go and I was really scared by what I had heard.”
After Lamarre-Condon allegedly shot Baird and Davies in February 2024, he dumped Baird’s bloodied belongings and furniture into a skip bin in Cronulla, the prosecution said during its opening statement last week.
The two bodies were left on the fence line of a Greek Orthodox monastery in remote bushland in Bungonia – about 160km from Paddington, the court heard.
Lamarre-Condon’s lawyers suggested he never told Cook he would dump a hypothetical body in the bush, and noted her statement to police about the conversation came months after news reports about Baird and Davies’ bodies being disposed of.
She responded: “I could never forget these words being said to me.”
The crown alleged in its opening that the police officer began planning to murder Baird in early 2024 after developing an “obsession and infatuation” with him.
Lamarre-Condon’s work colleague Andrew Callus told the court the officer had become annoyed and unhappy when he discovered Baird had begun seeing Davies.
Lamarre-Condon allegedly told Callus: “You know what I’m like … I can’t let things go, I hate losing.”
He was “angry at the relationship, at being rejected by Jesse,” Callus told the court.
The defence team has claimed Lamarre-Condon was acting in self-defence after he disguised himself as an UberEats rider and entered Baird’s home on the day of the shootings.
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Defence lawyer John Stratton SC said during his opening statement the two men were fatally shot in struggles with the policeman, who immediately began cleaning up the scene because he “panicked”.
Lamarre-Condon sent messages from Baird’s phone after allegedly murdering him to give the impression he was alive, the prosecution has said.
Messages were read to the court as a friend of Davies took the witness box on Monday.
The morning of the shootings, the friend sent a message to Davies that went undelivered, before following up with an Instagram message that also went undelivered, the court heard.
Knowing Davies was in a relationship with Baird, the friend then decided to send a message to Baird asking: “Hello is your wife alive?”, referring to Davies.
Baird’s Instagram account replied that Davies had smashed his phone screen on the day of the alleged murders, the court heard.
On 21 February 2024, the friend sent another message to Baird’s account that said: “Apparently police have found Luke’s wallet and called his mum. No one can get in touch with him and they’re freaking out. Have you spoken to him?”
But he never received a response.
That same day, a detective attended the Paddington terrace and spoke to Baird’s housemate, known to the court under the pseudonym Sarah King.
She showed the detective a photo of the back courtyard, previously taken by their other housemate, of surfboard bags and a blue tarpaulin next to a red pool of blood, the officer told the court on Monday afternoon.
At the time of the officer’s visit, the items were no longer in the courtyard.
Asked whether she had seen them before, King told the detective: “Nope. He’s never had surfboards here and he’s never spoken about surfing”.
Baird and Davies’ bodies were eventually found in two surfboard bags, the prosecution alleged during their opening statement.
The trial before justice Natalie Adams continues.
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A Sydney police officer told a friend he would hide the bodies of anyone he killed in bushland and put their belongings in a dumpster, months before allegedly murdering Jesse Baird and Luke Davies, a court has heard.
Beau Lamarre-Condon, 31, has been accused of fatally shooting the couple with a police service weapon in Baird’s Paddington home on 19 February 2024.
He has pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder and one charge of aggravated break and enter.
At his double murder trial on Monday, Georgia Cook, a close friend of Lamarre-Condon, told the NSW supreme court about a dinner in May 2023.
The brief relationship between Baird and Lamarre-Condon had ended when the accused asked her what she would do if he told her he’d killed someone, Cook told the jury.
He then asked what she would do if she killed someone and what she would do with their bodies, the court heard. Cook responded she had no idea.
She said on Monday that Lamarre-Condon replied: “After I’d killed them I would take their stuff, I would put it in a dumpster, and I would take their bodies in bushland where nobody would ever find them.”
Asked about her response, Cook said the situation in 2023 felt “very surreal”.
“I didn’t know whether to believe anything I’d heard, or whether it was true,” she told the jury.
“Hearing a person of power in the police force [say that] – it felt like I didn’t have anywhere to go and I was really scared by what I had heard.”
After Lamarre-Condon allegedly shot Baird and Davies in February 2024, he dumped Baird’s bloodied belongings and furniture into a skip bin in Cronulla, the prosecution said during its opening statement last week.
The two bodies were left on the fence line of a Greek Orthodox monastery in remote bushland in Bungonia – about 160km from Paddington, the court heard.
Lamarre-Condon’s lawyers suggested he never told Cook he would dump a hypothetical body in the bush, and noted her statement to police about the conversation came months after news reports about Baird and Davies’ bodies being disposed of.
She responded: “I could never forget these words being said to me.”
The crown alleged in its opening that the police officer began planning to murder Baird in early 2024 after developing an “obsession and infatuation” with him.
Lamarre-Condon’s work colleague Andrew Callus told the court the officer had become annoyed and unhappy when he discovered Baird had begun seeing Davies.
Lamarre-Condon allegedly told Callus: “You know what I’m like … I can’t let things go, I hate losing.”
He was “angry at the relationship, at being rejected by Jesse,” Callus told the court.
The defence team has claimed Lamarre-Condon was acting in self-defence after he disguised himself as an UberEats rider and entered Baird’s home on the day of the shootings.
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Defence lawyer John Stratton SC said during his opening statement the two men were fatally shot in struggles with the policeman, who immediately began cleaning up the scene because he “panicked”.
Lamarre-Condon sent messages from Baird’s phone after allegedly murdering him to give the impression he was alive, the prosecution has said.
Messages were read to the court as a friend of Davies took the witness box on Monday.
The morning of the shootings, the friend sent a message to Davies that went undelivered, before following up with an Instagram message that also went undelivered, the court heard.
Knowing Davies was in a relationship with Baird, the friend then decided to send a message to Baird asking: “Hello is your wife alive?”, referring to Davies.
Baird’s Instagram account replied that Davies had smashed his phone screen on the day of the alleged murders, the court heard.
On 21 February 2024, the friend sent another message to Baird’s account that said: “Apparently police have found Luke’s wallet and called his mum. No one can get in touch with him and they’re freaking out. Have you spoken to him?”
But he never received a response.
That same day, a detective attended the Paddington terrace and spoke to Baird’s housemate, known to the court under the pseudonym Sarah King.
She showed the detective a photo of the back courtyard, previously taken by their other housemate, of surfboard bags and a blue tarpaulin next to a red pool of blood, the officer told the court on Monday afternoon.
At the time of the officer’s visit, the items were no longer in the courtyard.
Asked whether she had seen them before, King told the detective: “Nope. He’s never had surfboards here and he’s never spoken about surfing”.
Baird and Davies’ bodies were eventually found in two surfboard bags, the prosecution alleged during their opening statement.
The trial before justice Natalie Adams continues.
Read the full story at The Guardian ↗ · The Guardian ↗ · The Guardian ↗ · The Guardian ↗
A Sydney police officer told a friend he would hide the bodies of anyone he killed in bushland and put their belongings in a dumpster, months before allegedly murdering Jesse Baird and Luke Davies, a court has heard.
Beau Lamarre-Condon, 31, has been accused of fatally shooting the couple with a police service weapon in Baird’s Paddington home on 19 February 2024.
He has pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder and one charge of aggravated break and enter.
At his double murder trial on Monday, Georgia Cook, a close friend of Lamarre-Condon, told the NSW supreme court about a dinner in May 2023.
The brief relationship between Baird and Lamarre-Condon had ended when the accused asked her what she would do if he told her he’d killed someone, Cook told the jury.
He then asked what she would do if she killed someone and what she would do with their bodies, the court heard. Cook responded she had no idea.
She said on Monday that Lamarre-Condon replied: “After I’d killed them I would take their stuff, I would put it in a dumpster, and I would take their bodies in bushland where nobody would ever find them.”
Asked about her response, Cook said the situation in 2023 felt “very surreal”.
“I didn’t know whether to believe anything I’d heard, or whether it was true,” she told the jury.
“Hearing a person of power in the police force [say that] – it felt like I didn’t have anywhere to go and I was really scared by what I had heard.”
After Lamarre-Condon allegedly shot Baird and Davies in February 2024, he dumped Baird’s bloodied belongings and furniture into a skip bin in Cronulla, the prosecution said during its opening statement last week.
The two bodies were left on the fence line of a Greek Orthodox monastery in remote bushland in Bungonia – about 160km from Paddington, the court heard.
Lamarre-Condon’s lawyers suggested he never told Cook he would dump a hypothetical body in the bush, and noted her statement to police about the conversation came months after news reports about Baird and Davies’ bodies being disposed of.
She responded: “I could never forget these words being said to me.”
The crown alleged in its opening that the police officer began planning to murder Baird in early 2024 after developing an “obsession and infatuation” with him.
Lamarre-Condon’s work colleague Andrew Callus told the court the officer had become annoyed and unhappy when he discovered Baird had begun seeing Davies.
Lamarre-Condon allegedly told Callus: “You know what I’m like … I can’t let things go, I hate losing.”
He was “angry at the relationship, at being rejected by Jesse,” Callus told the court.
The defence team has claimed Lamarre-Condon was acting in self-defence after he disguised himself as an UberEats rider and entered Baird’s home on the day of the shootings.
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Defence lawyer John Stratton SC said during his opening statement the two men were fatally shot in struggles with the policeman, who immediately began cleaning up the scene because he “panicked”.
Lamarre-Condon sent messages from Baird’s phone after allegedly murdering him to give the impression he was alive, the prosecution has said.
Messages were read to the court as a friend of Davies took the witness box on Monday.
The morning of the shootings, the friend sent a message to Davies that went undelivered, before following up with an Instagram message that also went undelivered, the court heard.
Knowing Davies was in a relationship with Baird, the friend then decided to send a message to Baird asking: “Hello is your wife alive?”, referring to Davies.
Baird’s Instagram account replied that Davies had smashed his phone screen on the day of the alleged murders, the court heard.
On 21 February 2024, the friend sent another message to Baird’s account that said: “Apparently police have found Luke’s wallet and called his mum. No one can get in touch with him and they’re freaking out. Have you spoken to him?”
But he never received a response.
That same day, a detective attended the Paddington terrace and spoke to Baird’s housemate, known to the court under the pseudonym Sarah King.
She showed the detective a photo of the back courtyard, previously taken by their other housemate, of surfboard bags and a blue tarpaulin next to a red pool of blood, the officer told the court on Monday afternoon.
At the time of the officer’s visit, the items were no longer in the courtyard.
Asked whether she had seen them before, King told the detective: “Nope. He’s never had surfboards here and he’s never spoken about surfing”.
Baird and Davies’ bodies were eventually found in two surfboard bags, the prosecution alleged during their opening statement.
The trial before justice Natalie Adams continues.
Read the full story at The Guardian ↗ · The Guardian ↗ · The Guardian ↗ · The Guardian ↗
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- Former police officer has pleaded not guilty to murdering Jesse Baird and Luke Davies in early 2024 – nine months after discussion with friend Georgia Cook.
- Follow our Australia…