Crime & Justice
Trial opens for ex-policeman accused of killing TV presenter and partner in Sydney
September 21, 2026 at 08:26 AM
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2 reports · over 3 hours
The murder trial of former New South Wales police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon, accused of killing two Sydney men in 2024, has opened in Sydney.
- Lamarre-Condon pleaded not guilty to two murder counts and one of aggravated break and enter at his Supreme Court trial on Monday.
- Crown prosecutor Brett Hatfield said Lamarre-Condon developed an "infatuation and obsession" with Jesse Baird after Baird ended all contact in November 2023.
- Hatfield alleged Lamarre-Condon dressed as an Uber Eats rider, entered Baird's home with a key, shot Baird twice in the kitchen and then shot Davies in the bedroom.
- The couple's bodies were found in surfboard bags about 200 kilometres away in Bungonia eight days after the killings.

