In short:
A friend of Beau Lamarre-Condon told the court the murder accused had asked what she would do if he said, "I killed somebody".
She also told the court he had asked, "Would you help me hide the body?" before then "laughing it off".
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you → tell → it
The first week of the trial has wrapped up but is expected to go for three months.
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week → wrap → months
Former Sydney police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon asked a friend, after a breakup with Jesse Baird, what she would do if he told her he killed someone, and whether she would help him hide the body, a jury has heard.
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jury → ask → body
Mr Lamarre-Condon is standing trial after pleading not guilty to murdering Mr Baird and his new boyfriend, Luke Davies, with his service pistol inside Mr Baird's Paddington terrace in February 2024.
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Condon → stand → February
The Crown alleges he formed an obsessive and jealous infatuation with Mr Baird, with whom he had been romantically involved with in 2022 and parts of 2023, and allegedly stalked the television presenter, interfered with his phone and Instagram, and broke into his house at least twice.
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he → allege → house
Witness Georgia Cook met the defendant at a boat party in 2021 and became friends.
The NSW Supreme Court heard that in mid-April 2023, they spoke about Mr Lamarre-Condon and Mr Baird sending each other "breakup goodbye" messages after Mr Baird said he did not want anything serious.
Ms Cook said it left the defendant "very upset".
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it → meet → defendant
The following month, when Ms Cook had dinner with Mr Lamarre-Condon, he told her he had been watching Mr Baird from outside his house.
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he → have → house
"One of the first things he said was, 'What would you do if I told you I killed somebody?'" she told the jury.
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she → say → jury
I just froze.
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I → freeze → ?
He said, 'Would you help me hide the body?'"
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you → say → body
She said she replied 'No' because she would not want to be haunted, before Mr Lamarre-Condon "laughed it off", and told her he had not done that, but "did do something crazy".
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he → say → something
"He told me he had been watching Jesse from the outside of Jesse's house and in that time he'd seen Jesse have sex with other men," Ms Cook said.
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Cook → tell → men
Watching from outside the house
Ms Cook said Mr Lamarre-Condon told her about another time where he had seen Mr Baird taking photos of other people with a polaroid camera, which Mr Lamarre-Condon had previously bought.
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Condon → watch → which
She said he told her he had kept watching, saw where Mr Baird left his key, broke into the house, stole the camera, and ate an Easter egg of Mr Baird's.
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Baird → say → Baird
"He said there was something else he did, but he wouldn't tell me what it was, which concerned me,"she said.
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which → say → me,"she
Ms Cook recalled being told that the behaviour of watching from outside the house was "definitely more than once".
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behaviour → recall → house
"He told me he would drive his mum's car so Jesse wouldn't recognise the car and wear a black hoodie while he was watching them," she said.
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she → tell → them
Mr Lamarre-Condon has also pleaded not guilty to a charge of aggravated break and enter, related to an incident at the Paddington terrace in August 2023.
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Condon → plead → August
The Crown alleges during a break-in, he stole Mr Baird's wallet and phone, but Mr Lamarre-Condon's defence team says he had a key which Mr Baird had previously given him.
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Baird → allege → him
Accused lawyers argue case of self-defence
Mr Lamarre-Condon's lawyers this week flagged an argument of self-defence in relation to the day of the alleged murders.
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lawyers → argue → murders
The Crown has told jurors, in an opening address, that Mr Lamarre-Condon activated a burner phone, used a hire car, and waited near the Paddington property for three hours on February 19, 2023.
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Condon → tell → February
The jury has seen CCTV of him dressed as an Uber Eats delivery driver and wearing a helmet on the street outside.
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him → see → street
The prosecution alleges he murdered Mr Baird in the kitchen by shooting him twice, before allegedly murdering Mr Davies, who was in a bedroom calling Triple Zero (000), to ensure there was not a witness.
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who → allege → bedroom
The defence case flagged during an opening by John Stratton SC is that Mr Lamarre-Condon went to the home to collect possessions and did not expect anyone to be there.
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anyone → flag → possessions
Mr Stratton said it was his client's case that there were two separate struggles, both involving the service pistol he had with him, during which the weapon fired and fatally injured the young men.
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weapon → say → men
The trial, which has now finished its first week, has an estimated duration of three months.
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which → finish → months
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