A woman told the Beau Lamarre-Condon murder trial that he asked her what she would do if he had killed someone and whether she would help him hide a body.
Georgia Cook said the exchange took place over Thai food in Kirribilli on May 29, 2023, after she had begun distancing herself from Lamarre-Condon’s repeated conversations about his relationship with Jesse Baird.
Ms Cook told the New South Wales Supreme Court that Lamarre-Condon sat down and asked: “What would you do if I told you I’d killed someone?”
“I froze. He said, ‘Would you help me hide the body?’. I said, ‘No, because I don’t want their ghost to haunt me’,” she said.
She alleged that Lamarre-Condon then replied: “Don’t worry I didn’t do that, but I did something else crazy.”
Ms Cook said she had met Lamarre-Condon at a boat party in 2021 and they remained in contact through phone calls, coffee meetings, dinners and social media.
She told the court that he began discussing Baird with her in 2022, saying he had met someone he was “really happy about”. But during a conversation that December about a farm stay they had enjoyed, he allegedly said he had done “one crazy thing”.
According to Ms Cook, Lamarre-Condon had looked at Baird’s phone and seen messages from another potential romantic interest. She said he was “infuriated” and became concerned that Baird was seeing other people.
“I think there was a bigger spiral and it almost felt a bit like one minute he was really happy with Jesse and the next he was really sad because he’d seen something,” she said.
Ms Cook said their discussions increasingly centred on Baird and relationships. In a series of messages in April 2023, Lamarre-Condon told her he intended to end the relationship after finding Baird’s Tinder account.
“You can’t have your cake and eat it too,” he told her, according to the evidence.
He also sent her a message intended for Baird, saying he wanted an “open and honest conversation” after feeling “hurt and sick all over again”. In another text to Ms Cook, he wrote: “I’m ending it with him this arvo, I can’t do it anymore.”
Ms Cook replied: “1000% fair babe, I’m sorry this is happening, you deserve so much more.” Lamarre-Condon responded: “100% the Tinder account was my last straw. He has led me on.”
She said his calls and requests for reassurance continued after the messages, prompting her to tell him to “think about something else. Move on, it’s closed.” She began avoiding his calls and at times did not respond to his messages.
Ms Cook also alleged that Lamarre-Condon told her he had watched Baird from his home, including seeing him have sex with other men and watching Baird and friends take Polaroid photographs in the backyard.
She said Lamarre-Condon was upset because he had bought the camera for Baird. He allegedly watched where Baird left his key, then waited until Baird and others had left in an Uber before taking it.
“Once they left in an Uber, he got the key, unlocked the door, stole the camera, ate Jesse’s Easter egg, and he wouldn’t tell me what else he did,” she told the court.
Ms Cook alleged that Lamarre-Condon said he had used his mother’s car to watch Baird’s home without being detected and wore a black beanie to maintain his cover.
She is due to conclude her evidence on Monday.
