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Beau Lamarre-Condon trial: crime scene photos paint harrowing picture of alleged murder victims’ final moments

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Crime scene photos from the alleged murder of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies by Beau Lamarre-Condon, a 31-year-old police officer, were shown to the court during his trial on Tuesday in Sydney. The images depict bloodstains and bullet holes that provide evidence of the shootings at Baird’s home on February 19, 2024. Among the items presented are luminol-treated rooms highlighting possible blood stains, a misshapen blood-stained bullet, and bloodied personal belongings found in a dumpster near where the victims’ bodies were later discovered. Prosecutors allege that Lamarre-Condon cleaned up the crime scene immediately after the shootings before disposing of evidence, while defense claims it was done out of panic following an act of self-defense.

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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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AFL Bungonia Paddington Qantas

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Baird PERSON · 9× Davies PERSON · 5× AFL ORG · 2× Lamarre-Condon PERSON · 2× Lansley PERSON · 2× Beau Lamarre-Condon PERSON · 1× Bronwyn Lansley PERSON · 1× Jesse Baird and PERSON · 1× Luke Davies PERSON · 1× Paddington GPE · 1×

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Lansley confirmed to the court that a bloodied shoe print found on the hem of a hoodie pulled from the dumpster matched prints discovered near a monastery in Bungonia, where Baird and Davies’ bodies were eventually discovered.

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2026-09-30 · The Guardian

Beau Lamarre-Condon trial: crime scene photos paint harrowing picture of alleged murder victims’ final moments · assertive framing

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Warning: graphic content A hole in a door and a bullet bent out of shape: crime scene photos shown to a jury paint a harrowing picture of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies’ final moments. asserted

photos → bend → moments

Beau Lamarre-Condon, 31, has been accused of fatally shooting the couple with his police service weapon in Baird’s Paddington home on 19 February 2024. asserted

Condon → accuse → February

He has pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder and one charge of aggravated break and enter. asserted

He → plead → break

Photos from Baird’s eastern suburbs terrace house were revealed to the court during his trial on Tuesday before later being released to the media. asserted

Photos → reveal → media

In some images, Baird’s bedroom, back courtyard and a bathroom glow with luminol after the chemical, which highlights possible blood staining, was used by police to examine the home. asserted

which → glow → home

An image taken in the sub-floor beneath Baird’s ground-floor bedroom – accessed by a trapdoor in the room – shows a bloodstained tarpaulin. asserted

image → take → tarpaulin

Referring to a photo of a misshapen and bloodstained bullet, Bronwyn Lansley, a crime scene officer, explained it had travelled through a source of blood before penetrating the wooden flooring. asserted

it → refer → flooring

A bullet hole in the door of Baird’s bedroom was also shown to the court. asserted

hole → show → court

Investigators explained it had not been discovered until July, two months before the trial, as it had been repaired with putty and covered with a mounting hook. asserted

it → explain → hook

Analysis of stippling marks left on the door when the gun was fired showed there was nothing between the muzzle of the firearm and the door, Lansley said. asserted

Lansley → leave → firearm

The prosecution alleges Lamarre-Condon began cleaning up the crime scene immediately after the shootings, before dumping Baird and Davies’ bloodied belongings in a skip bin at the Cronulla Bowls Club. asserted

Condon → allege → Club

More than 100 photos of the bin’s contents were shown on Wednesday. asserted

photos → show → Wednesday

Many of the items were covered in blood, including a white T-shirt, jewellery and a bedsheet. asserted

Many → cover → shirt

Among the items were bloodstained AFL goal umpire flags, caps and shorts still in their plastic packaging, and a wallet containing Davies’ Qantas ID card. asserted

flags → contain → card

bodies → confirm → Bungonia

The defence lawyer John Stratton SC said during his opening statement that Baird and Davies were fatally shot in “self-defence” after struggles with the policeman. asserted

Baird → say → policeman

Lamarre-Condon immediately began cleaning up the scene because he “panicked”, the jury was told. asserted

jury → begin → scene

The trial before Justice Natalie Adams continues. asserted

trial → continue → Adams