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Beau Lamarre-Condon trial live updates: former police officer continues evidence in double murder trial

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Wong, K. (2026, November 5). Beau Lamarre-Condon trial live updates: former police officer continues evidence in double murder trial. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/nov/06/beau-lamarre-condon-trial-former-police-accused-murder-case-jesse-baird-luke-davies-ntwnfb

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The Guardian · collected 2026-11-05 · by Kat Wong

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Beau Lamarre-Condon is testifying in his own defense during a double murder trial at the New South Wales Supreme Court. He claims he signed out his firearm on 16 February 2024 for work and stopped to get his car washed before heading to work. Lamarre-Condon also recounted an incident where he went to Royal National Park with a friend, fired his gun into a tree while considering suicide, and experienced eye irritation from the shot. He denied that a paper bag could muffle the sound of gunfire.
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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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🔮 He says he was thinking of stopping at Paddington to get his belongings from Baird before the other man got home from work, which would have put him in the “exact same” position he was in today as his firearm was still in his backpack.
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🔮 “He would say things such as ‘I used to bash gay people while in Jindabyne’,” Lamarre-Condon told the court on Thursday.
2026-11-05 · assertive framing · Former police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon enters witness box in Sydney double murder trial
🔮 When we would meet up it was of the sexual nature.
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🔮 “We have a responsibility not to engage in binary thinking, not to engage in the language of violence, [but] to rebuild trust by building financial security in a time of deep insecurity,” Ardern said during a forum with the author Anna Funder. “There are things we could be doing but, right now, we’re making it worse, not better.”
2026-11-01 · assertive framing · Jacinda Ardern in Sydney Opera House talk advises politicians to ‘rebuild trust by building financial security’
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🔮 What you tend to see online is the people who are there, anonymously, will just do and say anything.
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🔮 During the early hours of 22 February 2024, Lamarre-Condon is captured by the cameras at McDonald’s Sutton Forest, about 30km from where he would allegedly dispose of Baird and Davies’ bodies.
2026-10-22 · assertive framing · Beau Lamarre-Condon visits McDonald’s drive-thru in van allegedly used to dispose of bodies, in CCTV shown to jury
🔮 Every time she asked how much further, he would respond, “just 50 more minutes”.
2026-10-21 · assertive framing · Beau Lamarre-Condon allegedly played Taylor Swift’s No Body, No Crime during body disposal, court told
🔮 Beau Lamarre-Condon’s alleged attempt to dispose of two bodies was briefly interrupted so he could undergo surgery, a Sydney court has been told.
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Australia Guardian Australia’s Lifeline New South Wales Zetland

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Lamarre-Condon PERSON · 4× Baird PERSON · 2× Australia GPE · 1× Beau Lamarre-Condon PERSON · 1× Guardian Australia’s ORG · 1× JesseBaird PERSON · 1× Lifeline ORG · 1× LukeDavies PERSON · 1× New South Wales GPE · 1× Zetland GPE · 1×

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Police normally wear eye protection when firing their gun, Lamarre-Condon told the court, so when particulate entered his eyes from the shot, he said: “Shit there’s stuff in my eyes” and began rubbing it. He then retrieved a brown paper bag and put it over the firearm before firing a second shot, he told the jury.
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🔮 He says he was thinking of stopping at Paddington to get his belongings from Baird before the other man got home from work, which would have put him in the “exact same” position he was in today as his firearm was still in his backpack.
2026-11-06 · The Guardian
Beau Lamarre-Condon trial live updates: former police officer continues evidence in double murder trial · assertive framing

Claims (15 extracted, 0 hedged)

Lamarre-Condon tells the jury he signed out his firearm for a shift on 16 February 2024, three days before the alleged murders. asserted
he → tell → murders
He had permission to do this, he told the court, and on the way to work had stopped at East Village in Zetland to get his car washed. asserted
car → have → Zetland
The former officer claimed in court that it was common for police to get coffee or stop off elsewhere on the way to work. asserted
police → claim → work
He says he was thinking of stopping at Paddington to get his belongings from Baird before the other man got home from work, which would have put him in the “exact same” position he was in today as his firearm was still in his backpack. asserted
firearm → say → backpack
Lamarre-Condon tells the jury about an occasion when he went to the Royal National park with a friend and shot his gun. asserted
he → tell → gun
At this time he was thinking of taking his own life, and he wanted to test how loud his gun was, he told the jury. asserted
he → think → jury
He says he fired it at a tree: asserted
he → say → tree
I was very aware of making sure the bullet didn’t hit any innocent person. asserted
hit → make → person
Police normally wear eye protection when firing their gun, Lamarre-Condon told the court, so when particulate entered his eyes from the shot, he said: “Shit there’s stuff in my eyes” and began rubbing it. He then retrieved a brown paper bag and put it over the firearm before firing a second shot, he told the jury. asserted
he → wear → jury
A little paper bag like that would never change the sound of a gun shot. asserted
bag → change → shot
In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14 Welcome to Guardian Australia’s continuing coverage of the Beau Lamarre-Condon trial. asserted
service → welcome → trial
Lamarre-Condon started giving evidence yesterday and this morning returns to the witness box in his double murder trial in the New South Wales supreme court. asserted
Condon → start → court
The 31-year-old has pleaded not guilty to murdering JesseBaird and LukeDavies with his police service weapon in Baird’s Paddington home on 19 February 2024. asserted
old → plead → February
He has denied two counts of murder and one charge of aggravated break and enter. asserted
He → deny → break
You can catch up with all of yesterday’s evidence before the jury in this story: asserted
You → catch → story
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