Overview
- Beau Lamarre‑Condon, a former NSW police officer, began the defence case by taking the witness box and admitting he entered Jesse Baird’s home and went through the victim’s phone.
- The Crown says Lamarre‑Condon planned the killings, citing practice shooting, a purchased surfboard bag and steps taken after the deaths to hide the bodies and mislead housemates.
- Lamarre‑Condon told jurors the shootings happened during two separate struggles and that one man may have fatally shot himself while he acted in self‑defence.
- The bodies of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies were found after Lamarre‑Condon led police to a rural monastery and prosecutors say he disposed of them in surfboard bags following the February 19, 2024 shootings.
- He described policing trauma, workplace bullying and suicidal thoughts to explain his state of mind, a line of evidence the defence says bears on intent and the Crown contests.