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Beau Lamarre-Condon trial live updates: Former NSW Police officer returns to witness box for cross-examination over alleged murders of Jesse Baird, Luke Davies

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Whitbourn, M. (2026, November 10). Beau Lamarre-Condon trial live updates: Former NSW Police officer returns to witness box for cross-examination over alleged murders of Jesse Baird, Luke Davies. The Sydney Morning Herald. https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/beau-lamarre-condon-trial-live-updates-former-nsw-police-officer-returns-to-witness-box-for-cross-examination-over-alleged-murders-of-jesse-baird-luke-davies-20261111-p61d51.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

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The Sydney Morning Herald · collected 2026-11-10 · by Michaela Whitbourn

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This article provides live updates on the trial of Beau Lamarre-Condon, a former NSW police officer who has pleaded not guilty to the double murder charges involving Jesse Baird and Luke Davies. During cross-examination in the NSW Supreme Court, Lamarre-Condon denies stalking Baird after their first breakup in April 2023 and rejects claims that he was obsessed with him. He admits to invading Baird’s privacy twice but denies breaking into his home on August 17, 2023. The trial continues to examine conflicting accounts of the relationship between Lamarre-Condon and Baird leading up to the alleged murders.
Written by AI on 2026-11-11, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

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Story summary

Beau Lamarre-Condon, a former police officer, is currently on trial in Sydney for the murder of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies. On November 5, 2026, Lamarre-Condon entered the witness box to testify about his relationship with Baird and denied breaking into Baird's house to steal his phone and wallet. He claimed he was invited to stay overnight on August 17, 2023. During cross-examination on November 10, 2026, Lamarre-Condon also denied making fake email and Grindr accounts in Baird’s name. The trial is ongoing at the NSW Supreme Court, with prosecutors alleging that Lamarre-Condon used his police-issued Glock pistol to kill the couple.

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Beau Lamarre-Condon Trial Cross-Examination
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Who wrote this

Michaela Whitbourn
44 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction
“My mindset at the time was if Jesse was asleep, I could check his phone without him knowing across the road.
2026-11-11 · assertive framing · Lamarre-Condon’s text to TV presenter before alleged home invasion
Lamarre-Condon has said he was trying to look through Baird’s phone and put a bobby pin in the lock so that if Baird woke up he wouldn’t think it was him.
2026-11-10 · assertive framing · Beau Lamarre-Condon trial live updates: Former NSW Police officer returns to witness box for cross-examination over alleged murders of Jesse Baird, Luke Davies
“Isn’t it the case that after that … you decided that you will go and enter his property with the key that you had surreptitiously copied,” Hatfield said.
2026-11-10 · assertive framing · ‘Smitten, yes. Obsessed, no’: Lamarre-Condon tells court about his feelings for TV presenter
“That would be about right,” the accused said.
2026-11-09 · assertive framing · Beau Lamarre-Condon trial live updates: Alleged double murderer denies plan to ‘assassinate Jesse Baird’, quizzed over CCTV footage as cross-examination continues
“Where the majority of my money would come from then was selling Hermes Birkins [handbags],” he said.
2026-11-09 · assertive framing · ‘I can’t panic’: Lamarre-Condon grilled over CCTV filmed three hours after alleged murders
“I was worried if I knocked on the door it may be perceived as harassment ... because Jesse told me, ‘please refrain from contacting me’,” Lamarre-Condon said.
2026-11-08 · assertive framing · Beau Lamarre-Condon trial live updates: Former NSW Police officer’s cross-examination continues over alleged murders of Jesse Baird, Luke Davies
“I was worried if I knocked on the door it may be perceived as harassment ... because Jesse told me, ‘please refrain from contacting me’,” Lamarre-Condon said.
2026-11-06 · assertive framing · ‘I stand by that first shot’: Lamarre-Condon admits killing former TV presenter
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.
2026-11-05 · assertive framing · Beau Lamarre-Condon trial live updates: Alleged double murderer, former NSW Police officer gives evidence
Also by Michaela Whitbourn
Lamarre-Condon’s text to TV presenter before alleged home invasion
2026-11-11 · The Sydney Morning Herald
‘Smitten, yes. Obsessed, no’: Lamarre-Condon tells court about his feelings for TV presenter
2026-11-10 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Beau Lamarre-Condon trial live updates: Alleged double murderer denies plan to ‘assassinate Jesse Baird’, quizzed over CCTV footage as cross-examination continues
2026-11-09 · The Sydney Morning Herald
‘I can’t panic’: Lamarre-Condon grilled over CCTV filmed three hours after alleged murders
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Topics

NSW Qantas Sydney iCloud the NSW Supreme Court

Subjects

Baird PERSON · 14× Lamarre-Condon PERSON · 3× Jesse Baird PERSON · 2× Sydney GPE · 2× Beau Lamarre-Condon’s PERSON · 1× Brett Hatfield PERSON · 1× Luke Davies PERSON · 1× NSW GPE · 1× Qantas ORG · 1× the NSW Supreme Court ORG · 1×

Narrative

The men had met in Sydney in October 2022, the court has heard, and their relationship was non-exclusive, but the accused said they started going on “romantic dates” in December that year. - He rejected a suggestion by the prosecution on Tuesday that he was obsessed with Baird “right from the start”.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-11-11
Lamarre-Condon has said he was trying to look through Baird’s phone and put a bobby pin in the lock so that if Baird woke up he wouldn’t think it was him.
2026-11-11 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Beau Lamarre-Condon trial live updates: Former NSW Police officer returns to witness box for cross-examination over alleged murders of Jesse Baird, Luke Davies · assertive framing

Claims (21 extracted, 2 hedged)

The former NSW police officer returns to the witness box today to face further cross-examination by Crown prosecutor Brett Hatfield, SC. asserted
officer → return → Hatfield
The 31-year-old 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. asserted
old → plead → Baird
His case is that he acted in self-defence, the 15-person jury has been told. asserted
jury → act → defence
He has given the following evidence in cross-examination: - Lamarre-Condon denied stalking Baird in 2023 after their first break-up in April that year. asserted
Condon → give → April
The men had met in Sydney in October 2022, the court has heard, and their relationship was non-exclusive, but the accused said they started going on “romantic dates” in December that year. - He rejected a suggestion by the prosecution on Tuesday that he was obsessed with Baird “right from the start”. asserted
he → meet → start
Obsessed, no,” the accused said. asserted
accused → obsess → ?
- The court has heard the men resumed contact briefly around August or September 2023, after their first break-up, before Baird ended the relationship permanently in November 2023. asserted
Baird → hear → November
Lamarre-Condon admitted he invaded Baird’s privacy and went through his phone on two occasions in March and April 2023. asserted
he → admit → March
- He denied that he had broken into Baird’s home on August 17, 2023, after the TV presenter responded to a text message he sent but did not engage with his suggestion of a catch-up. asserted
he → deny → up
He said that Baird “did invite me to stay the night” later that day, and he used a key left out for him. asserted
he → say → him
The court has heard Baird woke to a man he did not recognise standing over his bed and chased him out of the home. asserted
he → hear → home
He reported the alleged break-in and theft of his phone and wallet to the police. asserted
He → report → police
Lamarre-Condon has said he was trying to look through Baird’s phone and put a bobby pin in the lock so that if Baird woke up he wouldn’t think it was him. asserted
it → say → lock
- The court has heard that police found CCTV footage on Lamarre-Condon’s iCloud account of Baird on a date with another man at the Royal Hotel in Paddington on May 19, 2023. uncertain
police → hear → May
He denied he was stalking Baird and misusing his authority as a police officer to access CCTV of him. asserted
he → deny → him
- The accused said last week that he came across the footage while helping police colleagues with official duties, following a potential assault nearby. asserted
he → accuse → assault
Baird had invited him to “swing by” the hotel in uniform while he was working, he said. asserted
he → invite → uniform
- He rejected Hatfield’s suggestion that it appealed to him that Baird was a TV presenter. asserted
Baird → reject → him
“Jesse Baird could have been a garbage cleaner,” he said. uncertain
he → say → ?
“We actually never really talked much about his work. asserted
We → talk → work
- He also denied that he had misrepresented the nature of his relationship with Baird in a video he made of them on a farm stay holiday in March 2023. asserted
he → deny → March
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