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Moment Beau Lamarre-Condon and friend buy surfboard cover before he allegedly used it to conceal body: Trial updates live

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Security footage shows Beau Lamarre-Condon, 31, purchasing a blue surfboard cover for $85 from Decathlon three days before he allegedly used it to conceal the bodies of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies. The trial, currently being heard in the NSW Supreme Court over 60 days, includes charges related to two counts of domestic violence-related murder and one count of aggravated break and enter.

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Beau Lamarre-Condon, 31, has pleaded not guilty to two counts of domestic violence-related murder in Sydney for the deaths of his ex-boyfriend Jesse Baird, 26, and Baird's new partner Luke Davies, 29, on February 19, 2024. Security footage from Westfield Miranda shows Lamarre-Condon buying a blue surfboard cover for $85 at Decathlon three days before the alleged murders. The trial is being heard in the NSW Supreme Court and will last over 60 days. Lamarre-Condon also faces one count of aggravated break and enter related to an incident where he allegedly stole Baird's phone and wallet from their share-house in August 2023.

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🔮 Stay calm and call me tomorrow and we will figure it all out.'

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- See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source Security footage shows the moment Beau Lamarre-Condon bought a surfboard cover from Decathlon - three days before he allegedly used it to conceal Jesse Baird's body. uncertain

he → see → body

Lamarre-Condon, 31, has pleaded not guilty to two counts of domestic violence-related murder over the deaths of his ex-boyfriend Baird, 26, and Baird's new partner Luke Davies, 29, at a Paddington terrace on February 19, 2024. asserted

Condon → plead → February

He has also pleaded not guilty to one count of aggravated break and enter after he allegedly broke into Baird's share-house and stole his phone and wallet in August the previous year. uncertain

he → plead → August

Footage released by the court showed Lamarre-Condon and a friend heading to Westfield Miranda, in Sydney's south, to look at surfboard bags on February 16, 2024. asserted

Condon → release → February

The pair could be seen looking at surfboard covers at the sports superstore, Decathlon. uncertain

pair → see → superstore

Lamarre-Condon bought a blue Surfboard Warehouse cover for $85. asserted

Condon → buy → 85

He is accused of concealing the bodies of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies inside two surfboard covers. asserted

He → accuse → covers

His criminal trial is being heard in the NSW Supreme Court over 60 days. asserted

trial → hear → days

Follow Daily Mail's live coverage of Beau Lamarre-Condon's murder trial below Lamarre-Condon is pictured buying a surfboard cover fro Decathon on February 16, 2024 asserted

Condon → follow → February

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