Senior Constable Beau Lamarre-Condon allegedly killed former Ten reporter Jesse Baird and Qantas flight attendant Luke Davies after a relationship with Mr Baird deteriorated, a court has heard.
Mr Lamarre-Condon, who has pleaded not guilty, is accused of murdering Mr Baird, 26, and Mr Davies, 29. He has not yet outlined his defence.
Prosecutor Brett Hatfield SC told the court how he alleges the police officer’s conduct escalated from controlling behaviour and stalking to the killings and an attempt to conceal the bodies.
Alleged relationship breakdown
Mr Baird met Mr Lamarre-Condon in late 2022 and the pair began a relationship. The prosecution alleges Mr Lamarre-Condon regarded it as serious, while Mr Baird viewed it as more casual.
They separated in April 2023, reportedly amicably, but Mr Lamarre-Condon allegedly began following Mr Baird’s movements and monitoring his social media.
In August, he is accused of breaking into Mr Baird’s home and stealing his phone and wallet. The alleged intruder was chased out, while a bobby pin had been pushed into the front-door lock to make it appear the door had been picked.
The pair began seeing each other again in September, although the prosecution says Mr Baird considered the connection primarily physical. In November, after learning that Mr Lamarre-Condon had taken his phone and blocked people because of jealousy, Mr Baird said he wanted no further contact.
Mr Lamarre-Condon allegedly then used a friend’s Instagram account to contact Mr Baird, falsely claiming he had cancer and might have to have his arm amputated.
From December, he is alleged to have started planning the killing by asking friends to obtain a gun and looking into buying a silencer.
Mr Baird met Mr Davies on New Year’s Eve and the two began a relationship. The prosecution alleges Mr Lamarre-Condon became aware of it.
Alleged killings and disposal of bodies
On February 17 last year, Mr Lamarre-Condon allegedly bought a surfboard bag after checking whether it was large enough to hold an adult.
The following day, he is accused of pretending to return his police firearm to a safe at Balmain Police Station after a shift, while keeping it. His mother later hired a blue Mazda, which was parked in Kensington.
Prosecutors allege that on February 19, Mr Lamarre-Condon switched from his own car to the hired Mazda and waited outside Mr Baird’s home in Paddington while dressed as an Uber Eats driver.
He allegedly entered the house wearing a motorcycle helmet and shot Mr Baird twice. When Mr Davies tried to call emergency services from another room, Mr Lamarre-Condon is accused of shooting him once through a door.
The prosecution alleges he returned to the property several times between February 20 and 25 to clean the scene, before returning the firearm to the police safe.
Messages were allegedly sent from Mr Baird’s phone to suggest he was still alive and planning to move to Perth. Bloodstained belongings were later found in a bin at Cronulla Bowling Club.
After hiring a van, Mr Lamarre-Condon allegedly transported the two bodies to Bungonia, about 200km from where the men were killed. He is accused of trying unsuccessfully to sink them in a dam before leaving them outside the fence line of a Greek Orthodox monastery.
By February 22, he allegedly knew he was a person of interest in the investigation into the men’s disappearance. After returning to Sydney, he handed himself in to police and allegedly disclosed where the bodies were, prompting a search of the Bungonia site.
