Former police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon enters witness box in Sydney double murder trial
Summary
Beau Lamarre-Condon began giving evidence for his defence in a double-murder trial at the New South Wales Supreme Court in Sydney. He denies murdering Jesse Baird and Luke Davies; his defence says the men were shot during separate struggles and that Lamarre-Condon later disposed of their bodies after panicking.Key Facts
- Lamarre-Condon, 31, is accused of shooting Baird and Davies with his police service weapon at Baird’s Paddington home on 19 February 2024.
- He has pleaded not guilty to two murder charges and one charge of aggravated break and enter.
- He was the first defence witness and testified before a 15-person jury.
- The prosecution called more than 50 witnesses during the first seven weeks of the trial.
- Prosecutors presented hours of CCTV footage and pages of social media messages.
- The defence has said the shootings happened during two separate struggles in which Lamarre-Condon acted in self-defence.
- Defence lawyer John Stratton SC said Lamarre-Condon cleaned up the scene and disposed of the bodies because he panicked.
- Justice Natalie Adams is overseeing the trial.
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