Beau Lamarre-Condon's Trial Begins Over Alleged Murders of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies

The trial of a former police officer accused of murdering a Sydney couple has begun in the NSW Supreme Court. Beau Lamarre-Condon has pleaded not guilty to two counts of domestic violence-related murder and one of aggravated break and enter.

It is alleged that Mr. Lamarre-Condon shot Jesse Baird and Luke Davies with his service firearm inside Mr. Baird's shared terrace in Sydney's east in February 2024. The break and enter offence is alleged to have occurred at the Paddington property in August the previous year.

Mr. Lamarre-Condon, now 31, was charged days after NSW Police issued a public appeal for information to locate the young couple, who had last been seen at a pre-Mardi Gras party. Their bodies were found at a rural area in Bungonia, nearly 200 kilometres south-west of Sydney's CBD, in surf bags.

"The trial, being heard at Sydney's King Street Courts before Justice Natalie Adams, has an estimated duration of three months. Jurors are likely to hear from dozens of witnesses," a court spokesperson said.

The case has deeply impacted families and wider friendship circles, and sent shock waves through the LGBT community. When police appealed for information about the pair's disappearance, items including personal possessions had been found in a bin at Cronulla, in the Sutherland Shire.

Today, the court is expected to complete the process of empanelling a jury from a wider jury pool, before Crown Prosecutor Brett Hatfield SC makes an opening address.