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Former police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon has denied he "executed" his former love interest and then killed his new partner to "eliminate him as a witness".
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he → deny → witness
Prosecutor Brett Hatfield SC on Friday went methodically through what he described as Mr Lamarre-Condon's "lies" to the jury.
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he → go → jury
In picking apart Mr Lamarre-Condon's explanations on the stand over the past six days, Mr Hatfield said his actions were "murder plain and simple".
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actions → pick → days
In a fiery end to his cross-examination, former police officer and accused double murderer Beau Lamarre-Condon has denied the deaths of his former love interest and his new partner were "murder plain and simple".
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deaths → accuse → interest
Mr Lamarre-Condon has pleaded not guilty to murdering his former partner Jesse Baird and Mr Baird's new boyfriend Luke Davies at a Paddington terrace home on February 19, 2024.
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Condon → plead → February
He maintains both men died during separate struggles over Mr Lamarre-Condon's police pistol.
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men → maintain → pistol
On Friday, prosecutor Brett Hatfield SC repeatedly pushed Mr Lamarre-Condon on his account of how Mr Baird and Mr Davies died inside the home.
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Baird → push → home
Multiple times, Mr Hatfield suggested the former police officer "executed" Mr Baird as he put to Mr Lamarre-Condon in forensic detail the alternative versions of events.
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he → suggest → events
Mr Hatfield went step-by-step through the inconsistencies in Mr Lamarre-Condon's explanations to the jury in finishing a tense cross-examination on Friday afternoon.
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Hatfield → go → afternoon
"You murdered Jesse Baird didn't you?" Mr Hatfield asked.
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Hatfield → murder → Baird
"I did not," Mr Lamarre-Condon answered.
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Condon → do → ?
It was murder plain and simple," Mr Hatfield said,
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Hatfield → say → ?
"It was not," Mr Lamarre-Condon replied.
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Condon → reply → ?
"You then murdered Luke Davies to eliminate him as a witness," Mr Hatfield then said.
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Hatfield → murder → witness
"I did not," Mr Lamarre-Condon again replied.
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Condon → do → ?
'I know exactly how to do it'
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I → know → it
The afternoon's evidence began with Mr Hatfield asking about the location of a knife Mr Lamarre-Condon said Mr Baird pulled on him inside the home.
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Baird → begin → home
The prosecutor claimed "this was a lie".
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this → claim → ?
"You just made that up after seeing it in the brief didn't you?" Mr Hatfield asked.
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Hatfield → make → brief
In another exchange, Mr Hatfield said the accused double murderer wanted "to make it look like [Jesse] disappeared".
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Jesse → say → exchange
The prosecution claims Mr Lamarre-Condon then used Mr Baird's phone to message the TV presenter's housemates that he was going to Perth that day.
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he → claim → Perth
Mr Lamarre-Condon, when asked, denied his actions after the shooting showed that he was trying to cover up a double murder.
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he → ask → murder
"I would have two stolen cars and a firearm that is not linked to me," Mr Lamarre-Condon said.
"
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Condon → have → me
I know exactly how to do it [get away with murder] I work with youth gangs."
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I → know → gangs
Mr Lamarre-Condon stated to the jury several times Luke Davies died during a second struggle in the hallway after being pushed by the prosecutor that he was shot through a bedroom door while calling police.
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he → state → police
When taken to messages Mr Lamarre-Condon sent to friends the day the couple were killed, the former police officer denied they showed he was planning a murder.
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he → take → murder
In one he told a friend he "valued your friendship" and that he was deleting his social media.
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he → tell → media
He argued they were about his mental health struggles and contemplations of committing suicide.
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they → argue → suicide
"We're not talking about 'this is great I'm about to go and commit a murder allegedly'," he said.
"This is clearly not me going 'yay im going to commit a murder and we'll have a glass of wine and laugh about it'."
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we → talk → it
Asked about his actions after the alleged murders, including a trip to a sushi restaurant with a younger man who wanted to join the police, Mr Lamarre-Condon said he was "trying to make things appear normal".
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things → ask → police
Mr Hatfield said Mr Lamarre-Condon appeared in security vision to be laughing at the lunch and also bought a chicken burger and a frappe after the murder.
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Condon → say → murder
"I'm not laughing at anything happening you can see my hands are on my head," Mr Lamarre-Condon replied.
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Condon → laugh → head
The 21-year-old friend at the sushi restaurant, the prosecutor said, was an "immature young man" who looked up to Mr Lamarre-Condon.
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who → say → Condon
Mr Lamarre-Condon claims it was that young man who gave him advice about how to dispose of the bodies.
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who → claim → bodies
"Mr Lamarre is that seriously your evidence?," Mr Hatfield said, after telling him he was a police officer who had experience of investigating dozens of crime scenes.
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who → say → scenes
Asked whether he was going to use a chainsaw to dismember the bodies, Mr Lamarre-Condon said: "No.
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Condon → ask → bodies
He denied a suggestion he was willing to do "terrible things to the bodies" to "save yourself".
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he → deny → bodies
Earlier on Friday, Mr Lamarre-Condon denied accusations his movements and conversations with friends in February 2024 are evidence he was preparing to kill Mr Baird.
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he → deny → Baird
Mr Hatfield put to Mr Lamarre-Condon that Mr Baird had been on his mind in January.
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Baird → put → January
"No I disagree.
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I → disagree → ?
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