Overview

• Lamarre-Condon entered not guilty pleas to two counts of domestic violence-related murder and one count of aggravated break and enter during a brief local court appearance via audiovisual link from Silverwater Prison.
• Prosecutors allege he used his police-issued firearm to fatally shoot Jesse Baird and Luke Davies at a Paddington home in February 2024, then concealed their bodies in surfboard bags and left them on a rural property near Bungonia.
• The 30-year-old remains in custody, having handed himself in days after the killings, with police later locating the men’s remains in the NSW Southern Tablelands.
• The matter was delayed for months by defence changes and case management, with a forensic psychiatric report received in May and Benjamin Archbold now acting as Lamarre-Condon’s third lawyer.
• The Supreme Court will set the trial timetable on October 3, with reporting indicating a trial is likely to occur in 2026 or 2027.