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The bullet hole and the cartridge case: Images of alleged Lamarre-Condon crime scene revealed

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Police investigating the murder of Sydney couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies by Beau Lamarre-Condon found forensic evidence at the crime scene in Paddington, including a fired bullet under the kitchen floor and a cartridge case above the kitchen cupboards. Senior sergeant Bronwyn Lansley testified about these findings during Lamarre-Condon's trial, where he faces two counts of murder for the shooting deaths on February 19, 2024. The prosecution claims Lamarre-Condon, a former police officer, killed Baird out of jealousy and Davies to prevent him from witnessing the crime; the defense argues that the deaths were accidental during a struggle over Lamarre-Condon’s belongings at the couple's home.

Written by AI on 2026-09-30, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

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Story summary

The trial of former police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon began in Sydney's Supreme Court on September 20, 2026, over the alleged murders of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies. Lamarre-Condon, 31, has pleaded not guilty to two counts of domestic violence-related murder and one count of aggravated break and enter. Prosecutors allege that Lamarre-Condon used his police-issued firearm to shoot the couple inside Baird's home in Paddington on February 19, 2024. The victims' bodies were later found hidden in surfboard bags about 200km away. Text messages from Baird’s phone sent hours after the alleged murders confused housemates into thinking he was still alive and planning to move out of the home the following day. The trial is expected to last three months, with a jury of 15 members selected to hear the case. Witnesses have testified about discoveries made at the crime scene before it was officially declared so by authorities.

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Michaela Whitbourn

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🔮 “I then instructed my solicitors to make contact with the DPP and officer in charge to inform them that I’m willing to assist with a statement regarding Elizabeth’s involvement in the matter.

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Topics

Crown NSW Police Paddington Sydney the NSW Supreme Court

Subjects

Baird PERSON · 6× Lamarre-Condon PERSON · 5× Davies PERSON · 3× Lansley PERSON · 3× Crown ORG · 2× Jesse Baird PERSON · 2× Luke Davies PERSON · 2× Paddington GPE · 2× Sydney GPE · 2× Beau Lamarre-Condon PERSON · 1×

Narrative

The prosecution alleges Lamarre-Condon, then a NSW police officer, murdered Baird after developing an “obsessive and jealous infatuation” with him that escalated when the former Network Ten producer and presenter ended their casual relationship in November 2023.

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The bullet hole and the cartridge case: Images of alleged Lamarre-Condon crime scene revealed · assertive framing

Claims (19 extracted, 0 hedged)

Police examining the Paddington home where Beau Lamarre-Condon is accused of murdering Sydney couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies found a fired bullet beneath the kitchen floor, a court has heard. asserted

court → examine → floor

Lamarre-Condon, 31, is standing trial in the NSW Supreme Court on two counts of murder over the shooting deaths of Sydney couple Jesse Baird, 26, and Luke Davies, 29, in Paddington on February 19, 2024. asserted

Condon → stand → February

He has pleaded not guilty to the charges. asserted

He → plead → charges

NSW Police senior sergeant Bronwyn Lansley, working in crime scene investigation, was the lead forensic investigator at the property and started giving evidence on Tuesday. asserted

Lansley → work → Tuesday

During her testimony, the 15-person jury has been shown marked-up floor plans of Baird’s share house, indicating items of forensic significance found at the property. asserted

jury → show → property

Lansley told the court that photographs and sketches with measurements were used to create the computer-aided design (CAD) plan of the terrace. asserted

photographs → tell → terrace

She said she “located a fired cartridge case … above the kitchen cupboards” when searching the kitchen with a ladder. asserted

she → say → ladder

The prosecution case is that Lamarre-Condon shot Baird twice in the kitchen, including an “execution-style shot” through his temple, Crown prosecutor Brett Hatfield, SC, said in his opening address to the jury. asserted

Hatfield → shoot → jury

He said the bullet went through the floor. asserted

bullet → say → floor

A CAD-generated floor plan of the kitchen, indicating where the damaged bullet was found, was tendered in court along with a series of photographs from the scene. asserted

bullet → generate → scene

Lansley said the bullet was located “on the subfloor beneath the kitchen”. asserted

bullet → say → kitchen

Police also identified impact damage to a kitchen wall, the court heard. asserted

court → identify → wall

Lansley told the court the property had a trapdoor in the ground-floor bedroom leading to a subfloor, and a blood-stained tarpaulin was found under this room. asserted

tarpaulin → tell → room

producer → allege → November

Davies, Baird’s new boyfriend, was killed to eliminate a witness to the crime, the Crown alleges. asserted

Crown → kill → crime

There is no dispute that Lamarre-Condon was at the terrace when Baird and Davies died, that they died of gunshot wounds from his police-issued pistol, and that he was disguised as a delivery rider. asserted

he → be → rider

However, the defence case is that Lamarre-Condon was there to pick up some of his belongings and did not expect anybody to be home. asserted

anybody → pick → belongings

A struggle ensued in which his gun accidentally went off twice, killing Baird, and Davies accidentally shot himself in a second struggle after grabbing the gun, the defence says. asserted

defence → ensue → gun

The trial continues. asserted

trial → continue → ?