Beau Lamarre-Condon Trial: Water Cup Fueled Jealousy

Beau Lamarre-Condon, a 31-year-old former New South Wales police officer on trial for murder, grew deeply jealous after discovering a cup of water on his former partner Jesse Baird’s bedside table in February 2024, a Sydney court has heard. Prosecutors allege the discovery fueled an obsession that culminated in the killings of Baird and his new partner, Luke Davies.

Sergeant Andrew Callus testified before a Supreme Court jury that Lamarre-Condon visited Baird’s Paddington terrace and noticed the water glass. Sergeant Callus recalled that the accused killer remarked, Beau went to Jesse’s Paddington terrace and there was a cup of water on the bedside table. Jesse must be seeing someone else.

The trial has heard that Lamarre-Condon’s attitude darkened after learning that Baird, 26, and Davies, 29, had begun a relationship. Sergeant Callus told the court that the former officer stated, You know what I’m like … I hate losing, I can’t let things go.

Text Messages and Attempted House Move Interception

Following the deaths of the two men in February 2024, prosecutors allege Lamarre-Condon used Baird’s mobile phone to send misleading text messages. Daniel Hart, who had met up with Davies and Baird the night before they died, attempted to contact Davies the next day. When messages went undelivered, Hart reached out to Baird instead, asking, Is your wife alive?

A reply sent from Baird’s phone stated, Haha he did smash his phone screen Monday so idk if he’s got that fixed yet. The following day, another associate received a screenshot purporting to be from Baird attempting to cancel a new home-sharing arrangement. The message claimed a work opportunity had come up in North Sydney and instructed the intended housemate to count him out.

Prior Conversations About Body Disposal

Georgia Cook, a former close friend and police colleague of the accused, testified about a dinner in May 2023 where Lamarre-Condon allegedly asked her, If you did kill someone, what would you do with their bodies? When she answered that she did not know, he allegedly replied, I would take their stuff, put it in a dumpster and I would take their bodies to bushland where no one would ever find them.

Under cross-examination, one of Lamarre-Condon’s barristers suggested Cook included those details in her police statement only after hearing them in media reports following his arrest. Cook rejected the suggestion, telling the court, When someone says something that scary or shocking, it’s not something that leaves your mind.

Cook also stated that the conversation caused an irreparable rift in their relationship because Lamarre-Condon allegedly blackmailed her to keep her silent, warning her that if she told anyone, he would reveal information he knew about her.

Legal Defense and Trial Status

Lamarre-Condon has pleaded not guilty to the murders of Baird and Davies, as well as breaking into Baird’s home in August 2023. His defense maintains that he acted in self-defence during separate struggles inside the house and did not intend to kill either man. A barrister for the accused previously conceded his client committed stupid things that did not constitute murder.

Prosecutors allege Lamarre-Condon entered the Paddington home heavily disguised and armed with his police pistol, later attempting to sink the victims’ bodies in a dam before dumping them near a rural Greek monastery. The trial before the Supreme Court jury continues.