Legal action over a wild arrest by accused killer cop Beau Lamarre-Condon five years ago has been abandoned ahead of a hearing set down for next month.
A 37-year-old man had sued the State of NSW, seeking compensation for the way he was detained and Tasered by Lamarre-Condon in June 2020 in Sydney‘s eastern suburbs.
Bodycam footage of the incident appeared to show Lamarre-Condon pointing a Taser at the man’s head in a Paddington park while telling him to get down.
The pair grappled and Lamarre-Condon fired the Taser at the man as he was on the ground.
The man was subsequently convicted of offences including intimidating a police officer but was later acquitted of all but one after a District Court appeal.
Police previously investigated the circumstances of his 2020 detention and found Lamarre-Condon’s actions were lawful.
The civil case was listed for hearing in the District Court on November 7 but the Daily Mail can reveal that on August 26 the claim was discontinued and withdrawn.
Lamarre-Condon was arrested in February last year and charged with murdering TV presenter Jesse Baird and his Qantas flight attendant boyfriend Luke Davies.
Legal action over a wild arrest by accused killer cop Beau Lamarre-Condon (above) five years ago has been abandoned ahead of a hearing set down for next month
A 37-year-old man had sued the State of NSW, seeking compensation for the way he was detained and Tasered by Lamarre-Condon in June 2020 in Sydney’s east (above)
The onetime celebrity chaser is accused of shooting dead 26-year-old Mr Baird and 29-year-old Mr Davies at the former’s Paddington home.
Daily Mail is not naming the man Lamarre-Condon arrested in 2020 because he is currently awaiting trial over unrelated charges including assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
Lamarre-Condon launched an extraordinary attack on police earlier this month when he formally entered not guilty pleas to the murder charges in the NSW Supreme Court.
The 30-year-old accused police of misconduct who investigated the deaths of Mr Davies and Mr Baird, and claimed he had wanted to plead guilty to Mr Baird’s manslaughter.
After entering his not guilty pleas on October 3, Lamarre-Condon delivered an explosive speech from prison via an audio-visual link to the court.
‘Can you still hear me?’ he asked Justice Peter Hamill.
‘I would just like to respectfully say this so the following is noted on the court transcript, so the DPP cannot deny having no knowledge of this.
‘Whilst in the local court, I made a formal offer to the DPP of guilty to one count of manslaughter relating to Jesse Baird and Jesse Baird only.
Lamarre-Condon was arrested in February last year and charged with murdering TV presenter Jesse Baird (right) and his Qantas flight attendant boyfriend Luke Davies (left)
‘I want this noted on the transcript, so if I’m convicted of this offence at trial it was known I did take accountability.
‘I am remorseful and I’m also entitled to my early plea discount.’
Lamarre-Condon said he would ‘strongly oppose’ any move to have the court closed or evidence suppressed when he faced trial because ‘I want the public to know the actual truth of what happened’.
He then accused police who investigated Mr Davies and Mr Baird’s deaths of ‘serious misconduct and corruption’, to which the DPP had been ‘partly’ complicit.
‘The truth will always prevail and I will not be silenced,’ he said.
Justice Hamill told Lamarre-Condon he was represented by a ‘very capable solicitor’ and noted there would be a record of any negotiations which took place in the local court.
‘But in any event, we’ll proceed,’ he said.
Lamarre-Condon was originally charged with two counts of murder, later amended to indicate they were alleged to be related to domestic violence.
Lamarre-Condon is accused of shooting dead 26-year-old Mr Baird (left) and 29-year-old Mr Davies (right) with his Glock service pistol at Mr Baird’s Paddington home
He has also pleaded not guilty to aggravated break and enter with intent to commit a serious indictable offence.
That charge relates to an allegation Lamarre-Condon broke into Mr Baird’s Paddington house and stole his wallet and phone in August 2023, six months before he and Mr Davies were killed.
Justice Hamill listed the case for trial in September next year.
The court heard there were more than 200 witnesses in the brief of evidence but the Crown did not expect to call ‘anywhere near that’ number to give testimony.
Lamarre-Condon’s counsel John Stratton SC told the court he did not anticipate applying for the case to be heard by a judge alone, meaning it would go before a jury.
At the end of the brief hearing the onetime celebrity chaser told Justice Hamill: ‘Thanks for your time, Your Honour.’
Lamarre-Condon, who joined the NSW Police Force in 2017, had reportedly briefly dated Mr Baird before the Network Ten identity began a relationship with Mr Davies.
He was a senior constable when he allegedly shot Mr Davies and Mr Baird with his Glock service pistol on February 19, 2024.
Police allege Lamarre-Condon broke into Mr Baird’s Paddington house (above) in August 2023, six months before he and Mr Davies were killed
Lamarre-Condon then allegedly bundled their bodies into surfboard bags and dumped them at Bungonia, about 180km south-west of Sydney, where they were found on February 27.
A day before the bodies were located, Deputy Commissioner Dave Hudson revealed an alleged timeline of events leading up to and following the men’s deaths.
Mr Hudson said gunshots were heard coming from Mr Baird’s rented terrace house on the morning of February 19.
Later that evening, Lamarre-Condon allegedly hired a Toyota HiAce van from Sydney Airport and on February 21, drove the vehicle to Bungonia with a female companion.
Lamarre-Condon allegedly left the property about 4.30am and drove to Newcastle, where he asked a former policewoman if he could borrow a hose to clean the van.
Neither woman is accused of any wrongdoing, and the female ex-cop spoke to police when she allegedly became suspicious about Lamarre-Condon’s actions.
About 10.30am on February 23, Lamarre-Condon walked into Bondi police station and was arrested.
The bodies of Mr Davies and Mr Baird were found several hours after detectives spoke with Lamarre-Condon in the Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre in Silverwater.
Before becoming a police officer, Lamarre-Condon ran a celebrity blog, posing in photos with visiting celebrities including Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez, Miley Cyrus, Harry Styles and Katy Perry.
Lamarre-Condon has spent the past 19 months behind bars over the shootings, which were allegedly the result of a months-long campaign of ‘predatory behaviour’ targeting Mr Baird.
He was sacked from the police force in March last year.