Court hears covert prison recording in Lamarre-Condon murder trial
A covert recording of Beau Lamarre-Condon in prison was played to a Sydney court, where he is accused of killing two men.
At a glance
- Beau Lamarre-Condon is accused of killing Jesse Baird and Luke Davies in Sydney in February 2024.
- A covert prison recording of Lamarre-Condon was played to a Sydney murder trial jury.
- Lamarre-Condon has pleaded not guilty to two murders and aggravated break and enter.
Beau Lamarre-Condon, a 31-year-old accused of fatally shooting two men, was the subject of a covert prison recording played to a Sydney court on Monday. The court heard the recording captured Lamarre-Condon speaking with a friend during a meeting in prison in December last year. It was played to the jury in the double murder trial against him.
Lamarre-Condon has pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder and one charge of aggravated break and enter. He is accused of fatally shooting Jesse Baird and Luke Davies with his police service weapon at Baird's Paddington home on 19 February 2024.
The friend, whose identity was suppressed, told the New South Wales supreme court on Friday that Lamarre-Condon allegedly confessed to killing the two men and described the experience as an out-of-body experience before trying to play it off as a joke. On Monday, the friend returned to the witness stand while the recording, made by the friend on behalf of police during a prison visit, was played to the court.
At the start of the recording, Lamarre-Condon asked the friend to turn around and show he was not wearing a wire. The friend said Lamarre-Condon was paranoid and should calm down, and said he felt put in a difficult scenario. Lamarre-Condon apologised and said he fully took accountability that the friend was involved because of him, the court heard.
The recording also included details about the alleged killings. Lamarre-Condon accused the friend of lying about parts of his statement to police and said his recollection about how Davies was killed was wrong, claiming he had acted in self-defence. He said he did not knock on the door because he did not want an apprehended violence order, though he called out hello when he entered. He told the friend that if he had planned the attack, he would have been calmer and would not have used a police firearm.
The court also heard the friend could be heard threatening to leave multiple times. The trial before Justice Natalie Adams continues.
Source: The Guardian.
Questions and answers
- What is Beau Lamarre-Condon accused of?
- He is accused of fatally shooting Jesse Baird and Luke Davies with a police service weapon in Sydney in February 2024. He has pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder and one charge of aggravated break and enter.
- What did the covert recording say?
- The recording captured Lamarre-Condon telling a prison friend he took accountability for the friend's involvement and described the killings as an out-of-body experience. He said he acted in self-defence and that if he had planned the attack he would have been calmer and not used a police firearm.
- Where is the trial?
- The trial before Justice Natalie Adams is continuing in the New South Wales supreme court in Sydney.
