Former officer testifies at Sydney double-murder trial

Beau Lamarre-Condon, a 31-year-old former police officer, has spent his first two days in the witness box at his murder trial in the NSW Supreme Court. He has pleaded not guilty to the murders of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies, arguing self-defence.

The courtroom and upstairs gallery were full of loved ones, journalists and members of the public as he gave evidence. He wiped his eyes and choked up during parts of his testimony but appeared less emotive when questioned by Crown prosecutor Brett Hatfield.

“I did, and that was a very different situation when he was asleep.”

Mr Lamarre-Condon told the jury he wore an Uber Eats rider disguise and carried his NSW Police pistol when he entered Baird's Paddington home on February 19, 2024. He said he went to retrieve his Cartier ring and Casablanca shirts, worth more than $25,000, but froze when he saw Baird inside.

He claimed Baird was holding a knife in one hand and tape in the other. Asked why he did not run out the door, he said Baird would have easily caught him and could have stabbed him in the back.

The trial entered its eighth week as Lamarre-Condon faced a third day of questioning on Tuesday, November 11. He was grilled about his relationship with Baird and accusations of celebrity chasing.

The pair dated from December 2022 until April 2023, when they broke up over Instagram messages Baird sent to another man. Lamarre-Condon was shown text messages in which he called Baird the Channel 10 guy.

He denied accusations of stalking and said he did not care about Baird's media job, adding that Baird could have been a garbage cleaner. He also said he used his police position to record CCTV of Baird at a Paddington pub because he was popping by to say hello and other officers were investigating an assault.