Photographs of a bullet hole discovered years after Beau Lamarre-Condon allegedly killed a Sydney couple have been released along with more than 200 crime scene photos.<\/p>\n
Mr Lamarre-Condon dressed up as an Uber Eats delivery rider before allegedly murdering Jesse Baird and his new boyfriend, Luke Davies, at Mr Baird\u2019s Paddington home in Sydney on February 19, 2024. <\/p>\n
The former police officer has pleaded not guilty and is arguing self-defence in a jury trial before the NSW Supreme Court.<\/p>\n
The jury was shown hundreds of crime scene photographs on Tuesday and Wednesday, including some of a bullet hole discovered on Mr Baird\u2019s bedroom door just months ago in July – years after the alleged murders.<\/p>\n
The bullet hole from the bedroom door was \u201cmissed\u201d during the 2024 investigation as it had been covered with a hook, the jury has been told, with prosecutors alleging Mr Lamarre-Condon bought a mounting hook from Kmart in Sylvania.<\/p>\n
It is alleged Mr Lamarre-Condon shot Mr Davies through the bedroom door as he tried to call triple-0, \ufeffwith court documents stating that blood samples taken from Mr Baird\u2019s bedroom revealed Mr Davies\u2019 DNA was the major contributor. <\/p>\n
NSW Police Senior Sergeant Bronwyn Lansley, the lead investigator who examined Mr Baird\u2019s home days after his death, told the jury forensic evidence suggests \u201cthere was nothing between the muzzle of the firearm and the door\u201d. <\/p>\n
Mr Baird\u2019s blood was found throughout the home and underneath the floor, with a partial match for Mr Baird\u2019s DNA also found on a blood swab from a bullet found under the kitchen floor, according to court documents.<\/p>\n
Sergeant Lansley told the jury the bullet travelled through a source of blood before penetrating the timber subfloor.<\/p>\n
A partial match for Mr Baird\u2019s DNA was found on a blood swab from the bullet, according to court documents.<\/p>\n
It is alleged Mr Lamarre-Condon shot Mr Baird \u201cexecution-style\u201d, with a forensic analysis report stating that the bullet found under the kitchen floor was discharged \u201cin a downwards angle\u201d.<\/p>\n
No blood was found in the vicinity that could cause transfer contamination, Sergeant Lansley said, while a forensic analysis report states the bullet found under the kitchen floor was discharged \u201cin a downwards angle\u201d. <\/p>\n
A blue glow is in some of the crime scene images, with Sergeant Lansley explaining to the jury that she used luminol, which glows when it reacts with blood. Luminol can also react with other substances like cleaning products.<\/p>\n
DNA results from alleged killer\u2019s gun<\/p>\n
The jury was also told Mr Davies could not be excluded as the \u201cmajor contributor\u201d to DNA found on the grip and trigger of Mr Lamarre-Condon\u2019s gun.<\/p>\n
The former officer\u2019s barrister, John Stratton SC, asked Ms Lansley a series of questions about results from tests conducted on Mr Lamarre-Condon\u2019s firearm. <\/p>\n
Ms Lansley agreed that testing returned results for the DNA of at least three individuals on the grip and trigger, with Mr Davies unable to be excluded as a \u201cmajor contributor\u201d and Mr Lamarre-Condon as a \u201cminor contributor\u201d.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors objected to the line of questioning as another witness would be called to deal with it later, but Justice Natalie Adams ultimately ruled the questions were admissible.<\/p>\n
Mr Lamarre-Condon nodded along as Mr Stratton fought for the questions to be allowed.<\/p>\n
The former officer claims his police firearm \u201cwent off twice\u201d and fatally wounded Mr Baird, and that Mr Davies later emerged holding the gun and fatally shot himself during a second struggle.<\/p>\n
Mr Stratton will continue his cross examination of Ms Lansley on Thursday as the trial continues.<\/p>\n
Cop\u2019s tale to Ch10 presenter<\/p>\n
Mr Lamarre-Condon briefly dated Mr Baird from about late 2022 to April 2023 and again from September to November of that year.<\/p>\n
Their final break-up culminated after Mr Baird discovered the former officer had been going through his phone without him knowing and an incident regarding an Instagram post Mr Lamarre-Condon made in November 2023.<\/p>\n
He allegedly posted a photo of flowers, which he got from the internet, to his Instagram close friends story to make it seem like Mr Baird had sent him the large bouquet.<\/p>\n
Mr Baird couldn\u2019t see it but people Mr Lamarre-Condon believed to be his \u201cromantic rivals\u201d could, the jury was told.<\/p>\n
When the TV presenter confronted him about it, asking him \u201cwhat\u2019s this about?\u201d in a text, Mr Lamarre-Condon allegedly lied and claimed his stepfather had sent them to his mother.<\/p>\n
Later that night, Mr Lamarre-Condon texted his friend Shae Davison and allegedly told her \u201cI f**ked up really bad\u201d before sending a screenshot of Mr Baird\u2019s text breaking up with him.<\/p>\n
The next day, on November 17, he asked Ms Davison if she could call him because he needed \u201cquick advise (sic)\u201d before sending her a picture of a woman with a bouquet of flowers and another with a handwritten note.<\/p>\n
It is alleged he rushed to a florist after Mr Baird confronted him and asked them to make a bouquet to match the photo he had posted online, also making a note that appeared to be from his stepfather to his mother.<\/p>\n
Ms Davison alleged in her evidence last week that Mr Lamarre-Condon then staged photos to make it look like his mother\u2019s partner had bought her flowers and asked if he should send it to Mr Baird.<\/p>\n
\u201cI believe that he was confronted with the information that Jesse had found out about this Instagram post, and he wanted to try and get his way out of that,\u201d Ms Davison told the court.<\/p>\n
There is no evidence that Mr Lamarre-Condon actually sent the photographs to Mr Baird, but he did send the TV presenter a message asking to meet in person so he could \u201ctake ownership of something\u201d, but Mr Baird did not reply. <\/p>\n
Just a day later, on November 18, Mr Lamarre-Condon allegedly called Mr Baird a \u201cmanipulative player\u201d in a text message to the presenter.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou don\u2019t need to worry about seeing me out etc because you won\u2019t exist, and no further conversation needs to take place,\u201d Mr Lamarre-Condon allegedly said.<\/p>\n
He also allegedly texted a man Mr Baird was casually dating \u2013 Damon Wilson \u2013 that same day claiming that the journalist had led him on and \u201cgaslit\u201d him.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would hate to see you get hurt \u2026 It took me so long to recover from all the manipulation and he has now tried to make me look like the \u2018bad guy\u2019 with no accountability on his end,\u201d Mr Lamarre-Condon allegedly wrote.<\/p>\n
Days later, on November 23, Mr Lamarre-Condon asked a friend, known by the pseudonym Alex Carrol for legal reasons, if her ex-boyfriend could get him a gun, the jury was told.<\/p>\n
The trial will continue on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photographs of a bullet hole discovered years after Beau Lamarre-Condon allegedly killed a Sydney couple have been 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