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Beau Lamarre-Condon murder trial live: Messages likely to come under scrutiny in cross-examination
Beau Lamarre-Condon is giving evidence for a fifth day in his double murder trial in the NSW Supreme Court.
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He is accused of murdering Jesse Baird and Luke Davies in February 2024 and has pleaded not guilty.
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Texts asking for 'words of wisdom' discussed
The accused has read an exchange he had with a friend on August 17, 2023.
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"All I can see is that I asked her for her words of wisdom," Lamarre-Condon says, but is unable to say if he was talking about Baird.
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The friend replies he should start "trusting yourself more".
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"I can't confirm if this was about Jesse or not, it's not clear," Lamarre-Condon tells court today.
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Lamarre-Condon denies using key Baird 'didn't know he had'
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The prosecutor is suggesting the accused had "no reason" to leave anything at Baird's, because the latter was going on an interstate trip.
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Lamarre-Condon says they had made plans to meet up.
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"There was no invitation from Mr Baird to come over at all, was there?" Hatfield asks.
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"There was," he replies.
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The prosecutor suggests it was a complete fabrication, and the accused used a key Baird "didn't know he had" to go into the share house and access his phone.
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"That's incorrect," Lamarre-Condon replies.
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Accused denies making fake email for Baird
Hatfield asks if he made a "fake Hotmail account" for Leeroy to use on Grindr.
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"I don't recall making one up," Lamarre-Condon replies.
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"I believe I've seen it [the email] on social media".
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He says he "didn't" make an email address on behalf of Baird.
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Email to check if Grindr account active
The accused says he got an email address for a man seeing Baird, Leeroy, to see if he had an active account on hook-up app, Grindr.
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"[I was] checking an account for [Leeroy], not making an account," he says.
"I didn't make an account and operate it as him."
A screenshot of his iPhone obtained to police has been shown to the accused.
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He says it only shows "attempting to create an account, it's not actually created".
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He says he can't confirm if it's "100 per cent" Leeroy's email, and says it's something he found on social media.
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Key Event
Lamarre-Condon says he didn't make a Grindr account for Baird
The prosecutor asks if Lamarre-Condon made "fake Grindr accounts" of Baird, as a female friend has testified.
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He says he did not, and didn't tell the friend he did so.
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"You trusted her, didn't you?" Hatfield asks.
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"No, I wouldn't say I trusted her, she was a general friend," Lamarre-Condon says, but agrees he did tell her about things.
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Disagreement over stalking allegation
Hatfield has put to the accused that he only slept over twice: during Easter and for a dinner.
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Lamarre-Condon has disagreed.
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"Watching him through the window having sex wasn't connected with getting property back, was it?" Hatfield says.
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"Firstly I wasn't watching him having sex," he replies.
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He disagrees with the suggestion he wasn't getting his stuff back, and that he was stalking Baird.
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The jury have taken their seats and Lamarre-Condon is in the witness box.
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Hatfield is asking the accused to recall evidence about going to Baird's home and seeing him having sex with another man.
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"Seeing Mr Baird through the window, is that something that happened in fact on two occasions," the prosecutor asks.
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"No it was not," he replies.
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He denies sending a disappearing message on Signal a photo of Baird through his window.
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The accused agrees he went back to Baird's to try and get clothing left around April 14, 2023 "around the time we went to the escape room".
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"I was going to stay at his place for a couple days, but I left during the night."
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He says he had packed clothes for the weekend.
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Timeline recap
- Baird and Lamarre-Condon met in October 2022
- It started out casual, but became more romantic towards the end of the year
- Lamarre-Condon says he was hanging out with Baird regularly in the new year
- In March 2023, Baird and Lamarre-Condon went to a farm, and the accused says he went through Baird's phone
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…and 15 more, not listed.
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