Police officer accused of double murder claimed he was not avoiding investigators, court hears
A Sydney court heard that former police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon told investigators he was not evading them after allegedly killing his ex-partner and a second victim in February 2024.
A New South Wales Supreme Court jury trial on Thursday examined the statements of former police officer Beau Lamarer-Condon, who has pleaded not guilty to the murders of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies on 19 February 2024. Prosecutors said the 31-year-old vanished for four days after the killings, prompting colleagues to attempt contact through personal channels.
Constable Kye Richards testified that a fellow officer, Constable Hayley Keefe, sent Lamarer-Condon a message on Instagram on 21 February, asking him to contact the crime manager for the Eastern Suburbs region. The message was not read and was later deleted.
During a three-minute phone call on 22 February, Lamarer-Condon told police, "I just either want to let a detective or a sergeant know I am not avoiding them. Just tell them I will come in tomorrow," indicating he intended to surrender. He turned himself in three days later and led officers to a rural property where the victims’ bodies were discovered in surfboard bags.
Earlier, the accused had messaged a friend identified as "Fiona Rosso" saying he had removed all social media and later arrived at her home crying and claiming he had "done something bad." He alleged police had tried to reach him while his phone was on airplane mode. Rosso testified that Lamarer-Condon spent the night at her residence, cleaned blood from a van, and then drove to Sydney.
The Crown alleges Lamarer-Condon killed Baird execution-style and shot Davies to eliminate a witness, describing the acts as driven by jealousy. Lamarer-Condon maintains he acted in self-defence after entering the terrace to retrieve his belongings, and his offer to plead guilty to manslaughter was rejected. The trial continues before Justice Natalie Adams.