Beau Lamarre-Condon's Friend Recounts Sinister Drive to Farm

Beau Lamarre-Condon, a 31-year-old former police officer, has told a friend 'I don't want to involve you' during a drive in a white van to a farm south of Sydney, where he allegedly attempted to sink the bodies of a young couple in a dam, a jury has heard.

The accused is on trial over the alleged murders of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies in February 2024, who he is accused of shooting with his police pistol in Mr Baird's Paddington share house.

Witness Recounts Drive to Farm

A witness known by the pseudonym Elizabeth Kennedy on Wednesday told jurors of a drive she went on with Mr Lamarre-Condon in a white van to the Goulburn area on February 21, 2024, where they stopped at a Bunnings store and he asked her to pay for an angle grinder.

Ms Kennedy said the accused was 'very talkative' during the drive and 'wouldn't let me get a word in'.

She recalled there being a blue tarp in the back and the vehicle smelled 'lemony' as if it had been cleaned.

She said she 'wasn't allowed to put the windows up or turn the aircon off' and testified that he also asked her to turn her phone off.

When she asked where they were going, she said he told her: 'Just to a farm, the farms are so beautiful around here.'

Accused's Plan to 'Save' Cattle

Ms Kennedy recalled arriving at a property which had dams and said Mr Lamarre-Condon told her he knew the owners and needed to break in and 'save' cattle that were going to get out.

She told the jury that he used the angle grinder while wearing gloves to cut a padlock at the gate, before leaving her at the gate and driving further into the property.

'Before he did the padlock thing … he asked me to put garbage bags over the number plates. And I said no. So he got out and did it himself,' she said.

'Was there any conversation about why?' Crown Prosecutor Caitlin Diggins asked.

Ms Kennedy replied: 'No, I thought he was up to something.'

Panic Attack and Cryptic Conversation

She testified that she waited at the gate for 30 to 40 minutes and it was getting dark when she began to have a panic attack.

'I was hyperventilating and crying.'

She gave evidence that when the accused returned, he was wearing gumboots and 'told me to shush because I was panicking'.

He checked that she had not called anyone from her phone, Ms Kennedy said, and mentioned that he would have to return there later but would take her home.

'I did ask why he had to come back, he said 'don't worry, I can't tell you'', she said.

'He said: 'I don't want to involve you'.'

CCTV Footage Released

On Wednesday, the court also released a two-hour video of footage from various CCTV cameras, which was recently played to the jury.

The compilation shows what the Crown said were Mr Lamarre-Condon's movements on February 20, 2024, the day after the alleged murders.

The footage includes stops at an ATM to withdraw $500 and Balmain Police Station, and shows various changes in vehicle including Mr Lamarre-Condon's Tesla, a hired car, and a white van, which travel around areas including Kensington, Balmain near the accused's home, and back to Paddington.

Beau Lamarre-Condon bought a drill and drill bit, hi-vis clothing, gumboots, pants and dust masks.