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Remove items from your saved list<\/a> to add more.<\/p>\n No gift articles left<\/p>\n You’ve used all of your gift articles. 3 more will become available on the 1st of every month.<\/p>\n Close<\/p>\n AAA<\/p>\n Accused double murderer Beau Lamarre-Condon allegedly broke into Jesse Baird\u2019s home and stole his mobile phone hours after the then TV presenter rebuffed his suggestion of a catchup, a court has heard.<\/p>\n Lamarre-Condon, 31, is standing trial on two counts of murder over the shooting deaths of Baird, 26, a former Network Ten producer and presenter, and Luke Davies, 29, a Qantas flight attendant, in February 2024. The former NSW police officer has pleaded not guilty to the charges.<\/p>\n Six months before the men\u2019s deaths, Lamarre-Condon allegedly broke into Baird\u2019s Paddington share house on August 17, 2023, and stole his wallet and mobile phone. He has also pleaded not guilty to this charge.<\/p>\n The accused\u2019s NSW Supreme Court trial heard on Monday that he texted Baird at 7.27pm on August 16: \u201cHey, sorry I had to run yesterday. I was running a tad late or I would have loved to chat for longer.<\/p>\n \u201cLet\u2019s do a walk and lunch catchup next weekend … then we can have a proper catchup. Good seeing you though.\u201d<\/p>\n Baird replied at 1.49pm the following day: \u201cIt was good to see you too. Glad you had fun in Euro.\u201d The text was accompanied by a plane emoji and a smiley face.<\/p>\n Lamarre-Condon sent a screenshot of the messages to his then friend, the now senior constable Dayna Schagen, who replied: \u201cOMG. I\u2019m dying. That\u2019s so savage. No, it\u2019s defs savage.<\/p>\n \u201cIf he was keen, he would have jumped on the bandwagon.\u201d<\/p>\n Asked what she meant, Schagen told the court: \u201cIt\u2019s quite evident from the text messages that Jesse had absolutely no interest in catching up with the accused at all.<\/p>\n \u201cHis response is the equivalent of a thumbs up. There\u2019s no follow up to catch up with him.\u201d<\/p>\n Schagen texted Lamarre-Condon on August 19 to ask if he had heard back from Baird after this.<\/p>\n \u201cYes I did hear back from him,\u201d Lamarre-Condon replied on August 21.<\/p>\n \u201cHe had a home invasion so he couldn\u2019t text me that as his phone got stolen but we are catching up next Wednesday night for dinner. He said he full chased after the guy too.\u201d<\/p>\n Schagen texted: \u201cBut managed to send the first message back? I don\u2019t get it.\u201d<\/p>\n Lamarre-Condon replied: \u201cYes, because it happened after that. He isn\u2019t lying.\u201d<\/p>\n Prosecutor Caitlin Diggins asked Schagen: \u201cDid the accused tell you that he was the person Jesse had to chase out?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cNo,\u201d Schagen replied.<\/p>\n The court heard that Lamarre-Condon called Schagen on March 28, 2024, more than a month after the alleged murders on February 19, using a friend\u2019s mobile phone, and said: \u201cI just wanted to tell you that I love you, and before you do anything, you need to know not everything in the news is true.<\/p>\n Related Article \u201cIt\u2019ll come out in court.\u201d<\/p>\n Schagen said she cut off the accused and said: \u201cYou killed two people. Why would you think I would ever want to speak to you again?\u201d She hung up and reported the phone call to her boss, the court heard.<\/p>\n The Crown alleges Lamarre-Condon broke into the Paddington terrace while Baird was home on August 17, 2023. He has pleaded not guilty to this charge.<\/p>\n The defence case is that he used a key Baird had given him to enter the home.<\/p>\n Baird reported the alleged break-in at the time, the court has heard, and said he had woken shortly before midnight to a man standing over his bed. Investigating police took a photo of a bobby pin in the lock of Baird\u2019s home, tendered in evidence in the trial.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Crown prosecutor Brett Hatfield, SC, alleged in his opening address to the 15-person jury that Lamarre-Condon used a key he had \u201cstolen or surreptitiously copied to enter before putting a bobby pin in the door to give the impression that the lock on the door was picked\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cA wallet containing cash and ID was later found, having been discarded,\u201d he said. \u201cThe phone was never recovered.\u201d<\/p>\n The court has heard that Lamarre-Condon and Baird had a casual relationship that started in late 2022 and ended for the first time in April 2023, before they briefly reconnected in September.<\/p>\n The Crown alleges Lamarre-Condon killed Baird after developing an \u201cobsessive and jealous infatuation\u201d with him that escalated when Baird ended their relationship permanently in November 2023.<\/p>\n The prosecution alleges the then NSW police officer shot Davies, Baird\u2019s new boyfriend, to eliminate a witness to his crime.<\/p>\n The defence case is that Lamarre-Condon entered Baird\u2019s share house disguised as a delivery rider to retrieve some of his belongings. According to the defence, a struggle ensued in which his police gun went off twice, killing Baird, and Davies shot himself accidentally in a second struggle.<\/p>\n The accused had his Glock pistol with him because he was trained not to leave it unattended, the defence has said. The Crown has said he should not have had the weapon because he was not rostered to work that day.<\/p>\n The trial continues.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Support is available from the National Sexual Assault, Domestic Family Violence Counselling Service at 1800RESPECT (1800 737 732) or the Men\u2019s Referral Service on 1300 766 491.<\/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![\"Beau](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fd096c1f436723c989fef454e91a828a5bf409e1.png\")
Beau Lamarre-Condon sent screenshots of the text exchange with Jesse Baird to a friend, the court heard.<\/p>\n![\"Beau](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fd7448e1813a5da3fe85d1e0b771fced8538e952.png\")
Beau Lamarre-Condon is accused of breaking into Jesse Baird\u2019s home six months before murdering him.<\/p>\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/3ee45dfcc126c14bf2c82a4a9ac15ee1e82c4a7706ae00966e9ba932e1321804.jpeg\")
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