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Beau Lamarre-Condon murder trial live: Prosecution cross-examining the accused in court
Beau Lamarre-Condon is being cross-examined by the prosecution in his double murder trial.
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Condon → - → trial
Last week, he gave evidence in the witness box.
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he → give → box
He has pleaded not guilty to murdering Jesse Baird and Luke Davies in early 2024.
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He → plead → 2024
- NSW Domestic Violence Line on 1800 656 463
- Lifeline on 131 114
- Men's Referral Service on 1300 766 491
- Mensline on 1300 789 978
- Full Stop Australia on 1800 385 578
- Emergency services on Triple Zero (000) if you need immediate care
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Phone calling Triple Zero drops and smashes
"I said, 'please don't shoot me I'm not here to hurt you I'm not a threat.
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I → choose → you
Get out'," Lamarre-Condon says.
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Condon → get → ?
Davies raised the gun from the accused's chest up to his head, he claims.
"That's when immediately I saw his left index finger go on the gun ... trigger.
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finger → raise → trigger
I got up, I grabbed with my left hand his left wrist," he says.
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he → get → wrist
He says his right hand, with a phone, is pressed up to Davies's forearm.
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hand → say → forearm
The phone drops and its screen smashes.
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screen → drop → ?
Lamarre-Condon says he turns Davies's left wrist, now holding the gun, with his left hand to pivot him away.
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he → say → him
"It's then discharged obviously it's hit Luke and exited."
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it → discharge → Luke
Lamarre-Condon says he waved Davies away
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he → say → Davies
I see him with the firearm, he's got both hands on the gun," he says.
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he → see → gun
He claims Davies says: "I'm going to f**king shoot you."
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I → claim → you
He puts his hands to the surrender position and lowers himself to the floor.
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The phone is still in his hand and he tells him to "get out" with a "shoo" motion, waving away from his body, and towards the front door.
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he → tell → door
"I'm not a threat, you can have the gun ... and get out."
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you → have → gun
The moment Lamarre-Condon sees Davies
Lamarre-Condon says he was near storage boxes when he first saw Davies.
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he → see → Davies
"Luke was standing in front of Jesse Baird's front door and blocking the front door," he says.
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he → stand → door
I was facing towards the front door."
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I → face → door
He says Davies was facing towards him and the kitchen, and his back was towards the front door.
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back → say → door
Helmet visor still on while calling Triple Zero
He says he picks up the phone from the kitchen and dials Triple Zero heading towards the front door.
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he → call → door
He says he wanted to flag an ambulance or paramedics down from the street.
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he → say → street
"I was moving very quick, it was urgent ...
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it → move → ?
I know I was 100 per cent calling Triple-0 while I was moving," he says.
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he → know → Triple-0
"I never disconnected the Triple-0 call."
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I → disconnect → call
He says he says "get out" to Davies and he replies "f**k off" after listening back to the call.
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he → say → call
"I didn't need to take my helmet off I was not doing CPR or resuscitation," he says about why it was still on while attending to Baird.
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it → need → Baird
Lamarre-Condon left two phones in car
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Condon → leave → car
"Was it a deliberate decision to leave both phones in your car?" Hatfield asks.
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Hatfield → leave → car
"It was a deliberate decision," Lamarre-Condon replies.
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Condon → reply → ?
He says he didn't need his phones to get his possessions back.
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he → say → possessions
Lamarre-Condon says he was looking in the house for a phone, and saw one on the kitchen counter.
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he → say → counter
I knew he was unresponsive," Lamarre-Condon says.
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Condon → know → ?
'Massive gunshot wound' to Baird's mouth
He's being asked if he could see a "massive gunshot wound" to Baird's mouth.
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he → ask → mouth
"Wasn't it obvious he'd been shot through his head? ... Wasn't there a lot of blood?" Hatfield asks.
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Hatfield → shoot → blood
He says he's being "truthful" when he replies lots of blood could have come from "anywhere".
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lots → say → anywhere
Lamarre-Condon says he thought he could feel a pulse
Lamarre-Condon is being asked about kneeling near Baird and entering "police mode", trying to see if he was alert and putting him in the recovery position.
"I was kneeling next to his body at this point," the accused says.
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He did not have gloves on at this stage, but can't remember if he took them off upstairs or shortly after this point.
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he → have → point
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