The Beau Lamarre-Condon trial has heard that the former NSW senior constable allegedly spent $160 on flowers and enlisted his mother in an attempt to mislead television presenter Jesse Baird about their origin.
Senior Constable Nicole Harvell told the court Lamarre-Condon arranged for a florist to recreate a bouquet and fabricated a note supposedly sent to his mother, Coleen Lamarre, by his stepfather.
He then asked his mother to pose with the flowers and the note before sending the photograph to Mr Baird, the court heard.
The alleged deception followed an Instagram post made to Lamarre-Condon’s “close friends” list in November 2023. The post showed a generic image of flowers with the caption: “When he’s in Melbourne but still sends you these…”
Mr Baird was not included among those able to view the post, but a friend sent him a screenshot shortly after it was uploaded. He then confronted Lamarre-Condon about it.
Ms Harvell said Lamarre-Condon allegedly told Mr Baird that the flowers had actually been sent by his stepfather to his mother. When challenged, he responded with a lengthy message about his honesty.
Evidence in the Beau Lamarre-Condon trial
Ms Harvell also described an almost year-long friendship with Lamarre-Condon after meeting him during a six-hour shift at a Red Hot Chilli Peppers concert in Sydney on February 4, 2023.
She told the court that about 80 per cent of their conversations centred on what she called his “obsession” with Mr Baird. She said he became increasingly paranoid about people Mr Baird might have been communicating with or seeing.
“It seemed like he was getting quite worried that Jesse was not as into him or seeing other people,” she said.
The court heard Lamarre-Condon sent Ms Harvell screenshots of conversations with Mr Baird after somehow accessing his phone and discovering details about other men he was seeing.
He later texted her: “So I did a f***ing thing”, accompanied by a facepalm emoji, and asked her to view a post on his Instagram “close friends” story.
Ms Harvell said she could not remember exactly what the story showed, but recalled that it related to Lamarre-Condon’s situation with Mr Baird. She said he told her: “So I posted those stories because I was triggered.” The contents of the stories remain unclear.
The court also heard from Senior Sergeant James Woodbury, who coordinates mandatory firearm conduct training for police officers.
Mr Woodbury said Lamarre-Condon completed his annual training in January 2024, one month before he allegedly fatally shot Mr Baird and Luke Davies. Officers are taught how to handle firearms safely and shoot at moving targets during the training.
