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Beau Lamarre-Condon trial live updates: Alleged double murderer, former NSW Police officer returns to witness box after recounting first meeting with Jesse Baird

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Whitbourn, M. (2026, November 5). Beau Lamarre-Condon trial live updates: Alleged double murderer, former NSW Police officer returns to witness box after recounting first meeting with Jesse Baird. The Sydney Morning Herald. https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/beau-lamarre-condon-trial-live-updates-alleged-double-murderer-former-nsw-police-officer-returns-to-witness-box-after-recounting-first-meeting-with-jesse-baird-20261106-p61bwt.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

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The Sydney Morning Herald · collected 2026-11-05 · by Michaela Whitbourn

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Beau Lamarre-Condon, a 31-year-old former NSW Police officer, is on trial in Sydney for two counts of murder and an aggravated burglary charge involving Jesse Baird and Luke Davies. The alleged murders occurred on February 19, 2024, and the burglary on August 17, 2023. Lamarre-Condon has returned to testify about his interactions with Baird, claiming he used a key left by Baird in the letterbox to enter his home six months before the murders and that he intended to check if Baird was in a relationship while Baird slept. The Crown argues that Lamarre-Condon had an obsessive infatuation with Baird, which escalated after their breakup, leading to the crimes.
Written by AI on 2026-11-06, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

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Story summary

On November 5, 2026, Beau Lamarre-Condon, a former police officer from New South Wales, entered the witness box for the second day of his double murder trial in Sydney. He is accused of fatally shooting Jesse Baird and Luke Davies with his police-issued Glock pistol in February 2024. During testimony, Lamarre-Condon alleged hearing homophobic abuse while working as a police officer and described his relationship with Baird as friends with a sexual nature from October to November 2022. The defense claims that the gun went off twice during a struggle when Lamarre-Condon was collecting some of his belongings disguised as an Uber Eats delivery rider, leading to Baird's fatal wound and Davies' subsequent suicide.

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📰 Beau Lamarre-Condon Trial Live Updates
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Who wrote this

Michaela Whitbourn
37 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction
🔮 He said he wanted to take Baird’s phone outside while he was sleeping to check if he was in a relationship with another man, and “if he was to wake up and come outside, he would see the bobby pin [and] not be under the impression that it was me going through his phone”.
2026-11-05 · assertive framing · Beau Lamarre-Condon trial live updates: Alleged double murderer, former NSW Police officer returns to witness box after recounting first meeting with Jesse Baird
🔮 “I thought I would just knock on his window … to get his attention,” he said.
2026-11-05 · assertive framing · ‘I froze in shock’: Lamarre-Condon denies spying on TV presenter during dramatic day in court
🔮 The accused killer and former NSW police officer will give evidence about what he says happened on the day Sydney couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies died of gunshot wounds from his police-issued Glock pistol.
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🔮 McClymont McClymont agreed under cross-examination by Jones’ barrister, Gabrielle Bashir, SC, that one purpose of newspaper reporting may be an attempt to hold individuals and institutions accountable.
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🔮 Freund had lodged a complaint against Allen with the watchdog in May this year alleging he bullied her over an 18-month period, according to documents filed by her lawyers in court.
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🔮 Beau Lamarre-Condon texted a friend a day before he allegedly murdered Sydney couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies suggesting that he may not “get to talk to you again”, a court has heard.
2026-10-29 · assertive framing · ‘If I don’t get to talk to you again’: Lamarre-Condon’s texts before alleged murders revealed
🔮 “I then instructed my solicitors to make contact with the DPP and officer in charge to inform them that I’m willing to assist with a statement regarding Elizabeth’s involvement in the matter.
2026-10-27 · assertive framing · Lamarre-Condon said he wanted to ‘do the right thing’ for families of dead couple, court told
🔮 Lamarre-Condon said the second person “wasn’t even meant to be shot” but he couldn’t leave any witnesses, the man said.
2026-10-23 · assertive framing · ‘Pew, pew’: Lamarre-Condon allegedly confessed to friend about double murder
🔮 I was running a tad late or I would have loved to chat for longer.
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Topics

NSW Paddington Qantas Sydney the NSW Supreme Court

Subjects

Baird PERSON · 8× Lamarre-Condon PERSON · 3× Davies PERSON · 2× Beau Lamarre-Condon’s PERSON · 1× Jesse Baird PERSON · 1× Luke Davies PERSON · 1× Paddington GPE · 1× Qantas ORG · 1× Sydney GPE · 1× the NSW Supreme Court ORG · 1×

Narrative

The defence case is that the accused went to Baird’s home disguised as an Uber Eats delivery rider to collect some of his belongings and that his gun went off twice during a struggle with Baird, wounding him fatally, and that Davies shot himself during a second struggle.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-11-06
🔮 He said he wanted to take Baird’s phone outside while he was sleeping to check if he was in a relationship with another man, and “if he was to wake up and come outside, he would see the bobby pin [and] not be under the impression that it was me going through his phone”.
2026-11-06 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Beau Lamarre-Condon trial live updates: Alleged double murderer, former NSW Police officer returns to witness box after recounting first meeting with Jesse Baird · assertive framing

Claims (10 extracted, 0 hedged)

Lamarre-Condon, 31, has pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder over the deaths of Jesse Baird, 26, a former TV presenter, and Luke Davies, 29, a Qantas flight attendant, in Paddington on February 19, 2024. asserted
Condon → plead → February
His case is that he acted in self-defence, the 15-person jury has been told. asserted
jury → act → defence
The former NSW police officer has also pleaded not guilty to an aggravated charge of breaking into Baird’s home six months earlier on August 17, 2023, and stealing his mobile phone and wallet. asserted
officer → plead → phone
Lamarre-Condon started giving evidence on Thursday and returns to the witness box today. asserted
Condon → start → box
He denied breaking into Baird’s home and said he used a key the TV presenter left for him in the letterbox, but admitted he put a bobby pin in the front door lock. asserted
he → deny → lock
He said he wanted to take Baird’s phone outside while he was sleeping to check if he was in a relationship with another man, and “if he was to wake up and come outside, he would see the bobby pin [and] not be under the impression that it was me going through his phone”. asserted
it → say → phone
He has yet to give evidence about the day Baird and Davies died of gunshot wounds from his police-issued Glock pistol. asserted
Baird → have → pistol
The Crown alleges Lamarre-Condon developed an obsessive and jealous infatuation with Baird that escalated when Baird ended their casual romantic relationship in November 2023. asserted
Baird → allege → November
The defence case is that the accused went to Baird’s home disguised as an Uber Eats delivery rider to collect some of his belongings and that his gun went off twice during a struggle with Baird, wounding him fatally, and that Davies shot himself during a second struggle. asserted
Davies → accuse → struggle
There is no dispute that he cleaned Baird’s share house and disposed of the men’s bodies. asserted
he → be → bodies
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