Beau Lamarre-Condon trial: CCTV shows accused's movements after alleged murders

A dramatic new development has emerged in the ongoing trial of Beau Lamarre-Condon, the 31-year-old accused of murdering Sydney couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies. The NSW Supreme Court has released CCTV footage showing Lamarre-Condon's movements in the hours following the alleged killings.

Lamarre-Condon denies two counts of murder and claims self-defence in the three-month trial before a jury. He is accused of shooting the young couple with his service pistol at Baird's Paddington share house in Sydney's east on February 19, 2024.

The jury has been shown a compilation of CCTV footage that the Crown says shows Lamarre-Condon picking up a hire van and returning to the Brown Street terrace at night, after allegedly murdering the couple in the morning. He is accused of storing their bodies in surfboard bags in the courtyard before later moving them.

Jesse Baird and Luke Davies were allegedly shot dead in February 2024.

Investigation at Bungonia farm

The jury has heard evidence from police officers who attended a rural area at Bungonia, south of Sydney, where the bodies of the two men were ultimately found in surfboard bags eight days later. Police scoured dams and farm land for evidence, discovering concrete residue, zip ties, and weights.

A police close-up photo of black zip ties found at the front of the Bungonia property shows the items that were found. The court has heard that police went to the farm after taking an induced statement from a witness, who has been given the pseudonym Elizabeth Kennedy in the trial, who was with Lamarre-Condon in a white van on a drive to Goulburn in the days after the alleged murders.

Detective Senior Constable Christine Abela told the court in evidence that police investigated further at the farm after noticing a padlock at the front gate had been cut.

Court exhibits and evidence

The court has released images of Lamarre-Condon's police pistol tendered as exhibits, with areas highlighted showing where DNA testing was conducted on the weapon. The jury has heard that the results showed DNA on parts of the gun, including the trigger, originated from three individuals, and that Davies was matched as a major contributor, while Lamarre-Condon matched as a minor contributor.

The defence case is that during a second struggle with the pistol inside Baird's home, Davies pulled the trigger and fatally shot himself. The Crown alleges he was shot through a bedroom door as he attempted to call Triple Zero (000), in order to eliminate a witness to the alleged murder of Baird.

Lamarre-Condon's lawyers have suggested an alternative version of what took place inside the Brown Street home, including two separate struggles involving the police gun that resulted in the deaths. They have indicated it will be his case that he panicked considerably after the tragic deaths and cleaned the scene because he knew how it would look.