Friend tells court Beau Lamarre-Condon allegedly confessed to killing Jesse Baird and Luke Davies

A friend of Beau Lamarre-Condon, a 31-year-old former New South Wales police officer, has told the state's Supreme Court that Lamarre-Condon allegedly confessed to killing Jesse Baird and Luke Davies, The Guardian reported. The friend, whose identity is suppressed, gave evidence at the murder trial, which began in Sydney.

Lamarre-Condon has pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder and one charge of aggravated break and enter. He is accused of fatally shooting Baird and Davies with his police service weapon in Baird's home in Paddington, Sydney, on 19 February 2024. Baird was 26 and a television presenter. Davies was 29, Baird's partner, and a flight attendant. Lamarre-Condon had reportedly previously dated Baird.

According to the friend's evidence, Lamarre-Condon came to his workplace on the day the two men were killed. The friend said Lamarre-Condon told him "I've done something" and then "I've killed someone". He described the killing as an "out-of-body experience" and said "it just wasn't him".

The friend also testified that Lamarre-Condon said he had used a gun, made a finger gesture indicating a firearm and said "pew pew". Lamarre-Condon allegedly said, "I shot the first one through the head and the second one through the door." He said the second person was not meant to be shot, but that he "couldn't leave any witnesses".

The friend said Lamarre-Condon asked him to leave work to help clean up and move the bodies. He told his team lead, who allegedly told him to say to Lamarre-Condon that he had a meeting he could not miss.

Earlier, the friend testified, the two were overseas in late 2023, when Lamarre-Condon said he needed to find a place to buy a silencer for hunting on a mate's farm. Back in Sydney, the friend said, Lamarre-Condon drove him to a national park, took a police service weapon out of a paper bag and fired it to test how loud it was. He then gave the friend a police-issued radio and asked him to listen for reports of police movement toward them.

Afterwards, the friend said, Lamarre-Condon messaged "I should get an Oscar, hey?" and later said "Got you" on a video call. He also wrote "OK it is real but I just didn't want you to tell anyone."

Other accounts have emerged in the proceedings. ABC News reported that Lamarre-Condon told a friend he had broken into Baird's home on two occasions. The Guardian has reported that he allegedly asked a friend to dispose of a phone. The Guardian also reported that after his arrest, Lamarre-Condon told an officer friend "I love you" and "not everything in the news is true".

Lamarre-Condon has entered a plea of not guilty to all charges.