Police bodycam footage showing the early stages of the investigation into the deaths of AFL umpire Jessie Baird and his partner Luke Davies has been shown to the jury in the double murder trial of Beau Lamarre-Condon.
The footage captured detectives arriving at Baird’s home in Paddington two days after the men died in February 2024. Furniture had been left at the front door, including a bed frame which forensic investigators later found contained blood.
Professional cleaners were inside the property, having been hired by Baird’s housemates who believed he had moved out. Officers can be heard telling them: “Hello, it’s just the police,” before adding, “Hey, stop cleaning. We’re just now to clean this crime scene.”
The bodycam recording showed the officers and cleaners in the kitchen, close to the area where prosecutors allege Baird was killed. A bullet casing was later found on top of the kitchen shelves.
It also showed the rear courtyard, where housemates had previously seen surfboard bags containing the victims’ bodies. The bags were moved before detectives arrived, the jury heard.
Earlier that day, police were called to Cronulla after greenskeeper Craig Scott found bin bags containing bloodstained sheets. He told the court: “I opened one of the bags and removed a piece of brown clothing. It had red stains on it. It looked like dried blood to me.”
The bags contained Davies’ silver watch, Qantas card and driving licence. Forensic investigators also found Davies’ blood inside Baird’s otherwise empty bedroom.
During questioning, prosecutor Brett Hatfield asked senior sergeant Bronwyn Lansley whether Davies’ blood had been found anywhere other than bedroom one or items from that room. “That is correct,” she replied.
The jury was shown more than 200 photographs of the property, including bloodstains on furniture and floorboards and a bullet found beneath the kitchen floor.
Lamarre-Condon is accused of shooting Baird and Davies. His defence maintains that the men died in an act of self-defence.
