Beau Lamarre Condon murder trial hears friend testimony

The New South Wales Supreme Court heard testimony in the murder trial of former police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon, according to reports by the Guardian and the Daily Mail. Lamarre-Condon, who is 31 years old, is accused of fatally shooting Jesse Baird and his partner Luke Davies with his police service weapon in Paddington on 19 February 2024. He has pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder. [1][3][9]

The Guardian reported that a friend of the accused told the court Lamarre-Condon played the Taylor Swift song No Body, No Crime while driving a van to Bungonia to dispose of two corpses. The witness said the vehicle had a lemony smell and contained a blue tarp before a stop at Bunnings. The Daily Mail noted that the childhood friend gave evidence over video link under the pseudonym Elizabeth Kennedy after being told she would not be charged for her involvement. [1][3]

The Daily Mail also reported that Justice Natalie Adams warned the witness that her testimony could show she concealed a serious offence or acted as an accessory after the fact. Prosecutors asked the witness about her time with the accused between 21 February and 23 February 2024, in the days following the alleged killings. [3]

Baird was an Australian television presenter and football umpire who worked on Network 10 programs. As FTMQ News reported earlier, Lamarre-Condon previously visited the Bungonia property months before the alleged crimes and told a friend that news reports were not entirely accurate. Jurors in the trial have already visited the house in Paddington where the deaths occurred. [7][9][10]