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Prosecutor calls Beau Lamarre-Condon's trial account lies as cross-examination ends in murders case

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Summary

  • Beau Lamarre-Condon, a former police officer, is on trial for murdering his former partner Jesse Baird and Luke Davies at a Paddington home on February 19, 2024; he pleads not guilty.
  • He maintains both men died in separate struggles over his police pistol, and denies planning a murder or covering one up.
  • Prosecutor Brett Hatfield SC finished his cross-examination on Friday, calling the account inconsistent and saying the deaths were murder, not manslaughter.
  • The prosecution says Baird was 'executed' and Luke Davies was shot through a bedroom door while calling police, then killed to remove a witness.
  • It also says Lamarre-Condon used Baird's phone to fake messages, bought a burner sim under a false name, and acted to make things appear normal.
  • New CCTV of Lamarre-Condon from the day after the deaths has been released.

Reactions

  • Prosecutor Brett Hatfield SC told Lamarre-Condon it was 'murder plain and simple' and that he murdered Luke Davies to eliminate him as a witness.
  • Lamarre-Condon denied murdering either man, saying 'I did not' when pressed under cross-examination.
  • Lamarre-Condon denied covering up a double murder, saying he would have used 'two stolen cars and a firearm that is not linked to me'.
  • He said messages to a friend before the deaths were about his mental health and thoughts of suicide, not planning a killing.
  • He said of sushi restaurant CCTV, 'I'm not laughing at anything happening you can see my hands are on my head'.

Timeline newest first

  1. New CCTV footage of Lamarre-Condon from the day after the deaths was released; the prosecution says it shows him laughing and behaving normally after the killings.

Sources newest first

  • Lamarre-Condon pressed on 'lies' in fiery end to cross-examinationabc.net.au· 39h

    ABC News reporters cover the fiery close of prosecutor Brett Hatfield SC's cross-examination of Beau Lamarre-Condon, who pleads not guilty to murdering Jesse Baird and Luke Davies at a Paddington home on February 19, 2024. Hatfield repeatedly called Lamarre-Condon's accounts lies, suggesting he "executed" Baird, while Lamarre-Condon maintained both men died in struggles over his police pistol and denied planning a murder or covering one up.