Former officer cross examined on email searches in Sydney murder trial

Former police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon was cross examined in court by Crown prosecutor Brett Hatfield SC regarding Grindr accounts, the Daily Mail reported. Lamarre-Condon told the court on Wednesday that he did not create fake email addresses for his ex-lover Jesse Baird or for a man Baird was dating. He testified that he retrieved the email address of Baird's new date from social media to check if the individual had an active Grindr account. [1]

When asked by the prosecutor why he checked the account, Lamarre-Condon stated that an active profile would indicate the pair were not exclusive, according to the Daily Mail. The line of questioning comes as the trial continues into the break-in at the home of his ex-partner. [1]

As FTMQ News reported earlier, 31-year-old Lamarre-Condon has pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder relating to the February 2024 shooting deaths of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies. Prosecutors allege that Lamarre-Condon fatally shot both men using a police service pistol. Forensic evidence recovered from the scene revealed the DNA of Davies on the trigger and handle of the weapon. [4][5]

Baird was killed on 19 February 2024, which was scheduled to be his first day at a new television production job, FTMQ News previously reported. Baird had worked as a television presenter and had officiated 62 matches as an Australian Football League umpire. Court records released by the New South Wales Supreme Court previously showed that Lamarre-Condon sent explicit text messages concerning Baird to a fellow police officer before the killings. [4][5]