In short:
Beau Lamarre-Condon has given evidence at his double murder trial at the NSW Supreme Court.
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Condon → give → Court
Mr Lamarre-Condon has pleaded not guilty to the murders of Sydney couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies.
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Condon → plead → Baird
The former police officer told the court on one occasion he entered Mr Baird's home while he was asleep to go through his phone.
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Former police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon admitted to entering Jesse Baird's home and going through his phone in testimony at his double murder trial.
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Condon → admit → trial
Mr Lamarre-Condon was called as the first witness in the defence case during a NSW Supreme Court trial which is now in its seventh week.
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The 31-year-old is accused of shooting Mr Baird, his former partner, and his new boyfriend Luke Davies with his police pistol in Mr Baird's Paddington share house in February 2024.
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old → accuse → February
The Crown's case is that Mr Lamarre-Condon developed an obsessive and jealous infatuation with Mr Baird after a casual romance during parts of 2023.
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Condon → develop → 2023
He has pleaded not guilty and has indicated he would be arguing self-defence, with his lawyers previously telling the jury the deaths were the result of two separate struggles involving the pistol.
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deaths → plead → pistol
Under questioning from his defence counsel, Mr Lamarre-Condon recalled meeting Mr Baird in October 2022 at Universal, an LGBT-friendly club on Sydney's Oxford Street.
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He told the jury that in subsequent months, their connection was one of "friends with a sexual relationship".
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connection → tell → relationship
"By December 2022, that's when we started going on romantic dates," he said.
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he → start → dates
Mr Lamarre-Condon said the two would go to movies, dinners, musicals, and because Mr Baird was new to Sydney, he would show him around places like the Royal National Park.
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"Jesse was very much like me, he was very outgoing and into sporting activities and willing to give anything a crack,"he said.
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Accused 'didn't feel great' about messages on Baird's phone
Mr Lamarre-Condon said the relationship was still romantic throughout early 2023.
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relationship → accuse → 2023
On April 14, he said he was editing a video on Mr Baird's phone while Mr Baird showered and saw an Instagram conversation with another man.
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"I did block [him] …
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I did not delete any messages, I did not unfollow [anyone]," the accused told the court.
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accused → delete → court
Mr Lamarre-Condon said he also took photos of the messages with his own phone and sent them to friends.
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The accused said after seeing the messages, he left Mr Baird's house and the sound of the front door closing woke Mr Baird up.
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A text message Mr Lamarre-Condon sent the following day was shown to the court.
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The accused said it showed he told Mr Baird he "didn't feel great and I just wanted my own bed".
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The next day, Mr Baird says to the accused: "Can't help but feel like something is wrong."
"I'm just processing my own stuff ATM, nothing to personally do with you," Mr Lamarre-Condon replied.
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He around this time also discovered Mr Baird was on Tinder and considering the messages he saw, decided he would raise their relationship with him.
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The couple break-up
Mr Lamarre-Condon said on April 17, 2023 he met up and "was very honest and direct with Jesse".
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He said he told him he was "a bit upset" about the Instagram messages with another man because he thought they were moving into a relationship.
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"This is when Jesse was honest with me, he was crying … says he wasn't ready for a relationship,"he said.
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Mr Lamarre-Condon gave Mr Baird a note saying he enjoyed the good times but needed to "respect himself".
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The following week, Mr Lamarre-Condon said he went to Mr Baird's house to collect some of his things and saw Mr Baird having sex through his bedroom window.
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"I kind of froze in shock," he told the court.
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"I immediately left.
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I didn't' stay like a little creep."
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He denied taking or sending photos of the incident.
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Mr Lamarre-Condon said Mr Baird would "very often" leave his key for Lamarre-Condon from the start of 2023 to the first break-up in April.
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Relationship resumed in mid-2023
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Mr Lamarre-Condon said he resumed a sexual relationship with Mr Baird around his birthday in late June.
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On August 17, 2023, he had a conversation about staying the night at Mr Baird's.
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"He told me if I wanted to come over to do a morning run … then I could come over," he said.
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I said I would think about it because he wasn't free until 10pm.
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He said he would leave the key in his letter box."
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Mr Lamarre-Condon said he did go over that night but used a bobby pin to open the door.
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…and 21 more, not listed.
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