A former police officer claims he killed two men in self-defence and began cleaning up the crime scene because he “panicked”, a Sydney court has heard.
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court → claim → scene
Beau Lamarre-Condon, 31, has been accused of fatally shooting 26-year-old Jesse Baird and his partner, Luke Davies, 29, with a police service weapon at Baird’s Paddington home on 19 February 2024.
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Condon → accuse → February
The prosecution told the supreme court on Monday that Lamarre-Condon had become infatuated and obsessed with Baird and began planning his murder in early 2024.
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Condon → tell → 2024
Lamarre-Condon’s defence lawyer, John Stratton SC, told the court on Tuesday that the policeman had been acting in “self-defence”.
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policeman → tell → defence
Disguised as an Uber Eats driver, Lamarre-Condon had entered the home in a motorcycle helmet with a key he was given by Baird, Stratton said.
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Stratton → disguise → Baird
However, Baird did not recognise Lamarre-Condon and a struggle ensued during which the 26-year-old was killed, the defence barrister told the jury.
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barrister → recognise → jury
The officer’s gun was then flung across the room and Davies picked it up, Stratton told the court.
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Stratton → fling → court
Lamarre-Condon then grabbed Davies by the arm and pushed the gun towards him.
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Condon → grab → him
In the struggle that followed, Davies pulled the trigger and shot himself, the court was told.
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court → follow → himself
“It’s his case that what he did was self-defence,” Stratton said.
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Stratton → ’ → what
He was a police officer and he knew this looked bad.”
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this → know → ?
Lamarre-Condon has pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder and one charge of aggravated break and enter.
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Condon → plead → break
Earlier on Tuesday, crown prosecutor Brett Hatfield SC outlined how Lamarre-Condon allegedly murdered the two men and concealed their bodies, as the trial entered its second day.
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trial → outline → day
The prosecution alleged Lamarre-Condon entered Baird’s house with a stolen key before shooting him twice and shooting Davies through a bedroom door.
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Condon → allege → door
Audio of the three shots was played to the courtroom: the first two coming in quick succession before the third, 51 seconds later.
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two → play → third
Baird and Davies’ loved ones wiped away tears as they listened in court.
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they → love → court
The crown alleges that after the murders, Lamarre-Condon immediately began to clean up the crime scene and moved the bodies.
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Condon → allege → bodies
He told a friend he had killed two people, the court heard.
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court → tell → people
According to Hatfield, when the friend asked if he was joking, Lamarre-Condon responded: “I wish I was, I don’t feel like it was me …
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it → accord → Hatfield
I feel like I need some help, this job has fucked me up.”
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job → feel → me
Asked how he did it, Lamarre-Condon allegedly said “with a gun” and made a hand gesture and said “pew pew”.
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Condon → ask → pew
The friend refused to help and Lamarre-Condon later bought a second surfboard bag – days after he had bought the first, the jury was told.
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jury → refuse → first
He returned to Baird’s home that afternoon before one of Baird’s housemates came home.
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one → return → housemates
“She did notice the two surfboard bags which, at this stage, were in the back courtyard,” Hatfield told the court.
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Hatfield → notice → court
“She will tell you what she thought was rust [was] seeping out from the bags.
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thought → tell → bags
She took a photo and sent it to her housemate but didn’t realise at the time that the bags contained two bodies.”
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bags → take → bodies
A photo of outdoor furniture with a pool of blood was shown to the court on Tuesday.
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photo → show → Tuesday
Lamarre-Condon would eventually buy a bag of quick set concrete and weights, and take the bags to a dam near Goulburn, the crown prosecutor said.
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prosecutor → buy → Goulburn
Lamarre-Condon mixed the concrete and put it into the bags with the weights in an unsuccessful attempt to make the bodies sink, Hatfield said.
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Hatfield → mix → attempt
He later moved the bodies to a fence line near a monastery in Bungonia where they were found eight days later, the jury was told.
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jury → move → Bungonia
On Monday, Hatfield said Lamarre-Condon had developed an “infatuation and obsession” with Baird which manifested in compulsive behaviour that escalated after Baird ended their brief relationship.
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Baird → say → relationship
The trial before justice Natalie Adams continues.
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trial → continue → justice
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