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Friend testifies about Lamarre-Condon’s alleged post-killing trip

A childhood friend of Beau Lamarre-Condon began testifying in his double-murder trial about their trip after Jesse Baird and Luke Davies were killed. She had travelled with Lamarre-Condon when he allegedly tried to dispose of the bodies, and is expected to give evidence about a drive to Cella Farm.

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What happened

Key facts

  • A female friend of Beau Lamarre-Condon began testifying in his double-murder trial (per nine.com.au, The Sydney Morning Herald, streamlinefeed.co.ke).
  • The friend was with Lamarre-Condon in a white van when he allegedly tried to dump two bodies (per The Sydney Morning Herald, nine.com.au, streamlinefeed.co.ke).
  • Lamarre-Condon has pleaded not guilty to murdering TV presenter Jesse Baird and flight attendant Luke Davies, saying both men were shot with his police pistol in self-defence (per nine.com.au, streamlinefeed.co.ke).
  • The friend is expected to testify that Lamarre-Condon drove her 200km south to Cella Farm on February 21, 2024, two days after Baird and Davies were killed (per nine.com.au).
  • The friend told the court that Lamarre-Condon sent her celebrity photos and claimed friendships with celebrities whom he was actually stalking (per nine.com.au, streamlinefeed.co.ke, The Sydney Morning Herald).
  • The friend said Lamarre-Condon worried that Baird was seeing other people and went through Baird’s phone (per nine.com.au, streamlinefeed.co.ke, The Sydney Morning Herald).
  • Justice Natalie Adams told the jury that the friend’s evidence may tend to prove she was an accessory after the fact to the alleged murders (per nine.com.au).

The brief

A childhood friend of Beau Lamarre-Condon has begun giving evidence in his double-murder trial, describing their relationship and a trip she made with him after Jesse Baird and Luke Davies were killed. The Sydney Morning Herald also reports that she was with Lamarre-Condon in a white van when he allegedly tried to dump two bodies.

Lamarre-Condon has pleaded not guilty to murdering Baird, a television presenter, and Davies, a flight attendant. He says both men were shot with his police pistol in self-defence. The charges remain allegations; the friend’s testimony is being heard as part of the trial.

According to nine.com.au, the friend told the court that Lamarre-Condon sent her photographs of celebrities and represented himself as their friend, although she said he was stalking them. She also testified that he was concerned Baird might be seeing other people and went through Baird’s phone. Those accounts describe the friend’s testimony, not findings by the court.

The friend is expected to say that Lamarre-Condon drove her 200km south to Cella Farm on February 21, 2024, two days after Baird and Davies were killed. Nine.com.au reports that she travelled with him when he first tried to dispose of the bodies. The Sydney Morning Herald describes her presence in a white van during an alleged attempt to dump two bodies.

The outlets thus report related details about her presence with Lamarre-Condon, with the Sydney Morning Herald specifying the vehicle and characterising the alleged conduct as an attempt to dump the bodies. Justice Natalie Adams told the jury that the friend’s evidence may tend to prove she was an accessory after the fact to the alleged murders.

That statement identifies a possible significance of her evidence; it is not a finding that she committed an offence. The court is considering her account alongside other evidence in the trial. The jury was also shown CCTV from February 20, 2024, which nine.com.au identifies as the day after Baird and Davies were killed.

The evidence now described in court includes the friend’s account of her interactions with Lamarre-Condon and material relating to events after the killings. The testimony matters because the friend’s account could bear on the court’s examination of the alleged effort to dispose of the bodies, while her own possible legal exposure was raised by Justice Adams.

Lamarre-Condon’s plea and his account of the shootings remain central to the case; the testimony reported so far does not resolve the allegations.

Why it matters

  • Baird’s and Davies’s families are directly affected by a trial examining their killings and the alleged attempt to dispose of their bodies.
  • The friend’s testimony may affect the court’s consideration of the alleged post-killing events, including the trip to Cella Farm 200km south.
  • Justice Natalie Adams raised whether the friend’s evidence may tend to prove she was an accessory after the fact, putting her own potential legal exposure in view.

What to watch next

  • Whether the friend gives the expected testimony about the drive to Cella Farm on February 21, 2024.
  • How the jury considers the friend’s account alongside the CCTV from February 20, 2024.
  • Whether the trial evidence addresses Justice Natalie Adams’s statement about the friend potentially being an accessory after the fact.

How it's being covered

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How outlets' accounts compare

3 framing differences · 2 uncorroborated claims · 2 information gaps
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  • Nine.com.au foregrounds the friend’s descriptions of Lamarre-Condon’s behaviour toward celebrities and Baird; The Sydney Morning Herald highlights her presence in a white van during an alleged attempt to dump two bodies.
  • Nine.com.au says the friend travelled with Lamarre-Condon when he first tried to dispose of the bodies; The Sydney Morning Herald specifies a white van and describes the conduct as an alleged attempt to dump two bodies.
  • Lamarre-Condon attributes the shootings to self-defence; Justice Natalie Adams said the friend’s evidence may tend to prove she was an accessory after the fact.
Updat3: These are differences of emphasis, not disputes about what is reported. They do not show that the reported claims are true.
One-sided or uncorroborated claims
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  • Lamarre-Condon has pleaded not guilty and says Baird and Davies were shot with his police pistol in self-defence.
  • Justice Natalie Adams told the jury that the friend’s evidence may tend to prove she was an accessory after the fact to the alleged murders.
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  • The sources do not provide the trial’s full evidentiary record or any verdict.
  • Lamarre-Condon denies the murders and says Baird and Davies were shot with his police pistol in self-defence; the charges have not been resolved in the trial.
Updat3: Updat3 cannot conclude anything about this from the current sources.

Timeline

Developments from this story's sources, dated background we compiled and fact-checked, and our earlier coverage. Each row says which.
  1. Police began a missing-person investigation after Baird and Davies could not be located.
    Background · compiled and fact-checked by Updat3
  2. On February 19, 2024, Jesse Baird, a television presenter, and Luke Davies, a Qantas flight attendant, were killed at Baird’s home in Paddington, Sydney.
    Background · from our historical context
  3. ScheduledThe friend is expected to testify that Lamarre-Condon drove her 200km south to Cella Farm on February 21, 2024, two days after Baird and Davies were killed.
    Reported in this story's sourcesSource:nine.com.au
  4. Police arrested him on February 23, 2024, and charged him with the murders.
    Background · from our historical context

How we got here

On February 19, 2024, Jesse Baird, a television presenter, and Luke Davies, a Qantas flight attendant, were killed at Baird’s home in Paddington, Sydney. Police later alleged that Beau Lamarre-Condon, a former New South Wales police officer and Baird’s former partner, shot the men with his police-issued firearm.

The deaths prompted a missing-person investigation after Baird and Davies could not be located and blood was found at Baird’s home. On February 21, two days after the killings, Lamarre-Condon allegedly drove a friend in a white van to Cella Farm, about 200 kilometres south of Sydney, while attempting to dispose of the bodies.

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