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Updated April 29, 2026 \u2014 3:55pm,first published 3:01pm<\/p>\n
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Remove items from your saved list<\/a> to add more.<\/p>\n AAA<\/p>\n The mother of Beau Lamarre-Condon, the police officer accused of the double murder of couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies, has been charged by police.<\/p>\n Coleen Lamarre, 63, was arrested in her home suburb of Balmain on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n She has been accused of allegedly attempting to influence a key witness to change their evidence.<\/p>\n She was taken to Day Street Police Station and charged with doing an act to pervert the course of justice.<\/p>\n Lamarre, a former senior officer in the NSW Police radio division, was refused bail to appear in court on Thursday and will spend the night in the cells.<\/p>\n Her son, Beau, was a serving police officer who allegedly used his police-issued Glock pistol to kill Baird and Davies at a home in Paddington.<\/p>\n He handed himself in to police on February 23, 2024, four days after allegedly trying to dispose of the couple\u2019s bodies, first in a dam on a remote property and then a bush grave when the bodies wouldn\u2019t sink.<\/p>\n Lamarre-Condon has remained in custody ever since his arrest, sacking multiple lawyers <\/a>in the lead up to his trial, which has been marred by repeated delays.<\/p>\n He was first represented by solicitor John Walford, then the publicly funded Legal Aid lawyers, who withdrew last July and handed the case to solicitor Ben Archbold.<\/p>\n Related Article Lamarre-Condon\u2019s mother was in court, and swarmed by media, after her son indicated he would fight the murder and aggravated break-and-enter charges.<\/p>\n In October, Lamarre-Condon announced to a pretrial hearing he wanted \u201cthe actual truth\u201d to be revealed and said he had offered to plead to the manslaughter of Baird \u201cand Jesse Baird only\u201d.<\/p>\n He then accused police and prosecutors of being corrupt.<\/p>\n \u201cI will not be silenced,\u201d he announced to the court<\/a>.<\/p>\n Lamarre-Condon\u2019s trial is set down for 21 September in the NSW Supreme Court.<\/p>\n A police document, obtained by the Herald, revealed Baird and his new partner, Davies, were drinking with friends at the iconic Beresford Hotel the evening before they died.<\/p>\n Investigators suspect Lamarre-Condon had stalked Baird, who had complained about a \u201cshadowy figure\u201d at the foot of his bed.<\/p>\n Lamarre-Condon allegedly arrived at the Paddington address, armed with his gun, in the 10 hours after Baird and Davies left the pub on Sunday evening.<\/p>\n The next day, Baird\u2019s housemates spotted two surfboard bags in the terrace\u2019s rear courtyard.<\/p>\n Lamarre-Condon allegedly tried to sink the bags in a dam on a property 200 kilometres from Sydney, having loaded them into a rental van, before dumping them nearby.<\/p>\n Police allege he sought refuge with a friend in Newcastle and made chilling comments.<\/p>\n \u201cThis morning I was floating in a dam,\u201d Lamarre-Condon allegedly told his friend.<\/p>\n \u201cThere was a dam. The body wouldn\u2019t sink.<\/p>\n \u201cI am me, but it\u2019s not me.\u201d<\/p>\n Start the day with a summary of the day\u2019s most important and interesting stories, analysis and insights. Sign up for our Morning Edition newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n Save<\/p>\n You have reached your maximum number of saved items.<\/p>\n![\"Coleen](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/42d6700d75e9c5cd5850deca1cb7d1c5754aa494.jpeg\")
Coleen Lamarre leaves court last year after her son, alleged double killer Beau Lamarre-Condon, denied murdering Sydney couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies in Sydney\u2019s eastern suburbs. Sitthixay Ditthavong<\/p>\n![\"Beau](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ca0c0c25f691358a753525b17d88b1c3a3df3bb5.jpeg\")
Beau Lamarre-Condon is awaiting trial for the alleged double murder.Facebook<\/p>\n![\"Beau](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7635735c862e44d0cb09f3bd530c64fb60a4730e.jpeg\")
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Jesse Baird (left) and Luke Davies.Instagram<\/p>\n