Beaumont Lamarre-Condon is accused of killing Qantas flight attendant Luke Davies and TV presenter Jesse Baird in February last year. Photo / @I_N_TS_I_D via X
Beaumont Lamarre-Condon is accused of killing Qantas flight attendant Luke Davies and TV presenter Jesse Baird in February last year. Photo / @I_N_TS_I_D via X
Former senior constable Beaumont Lamarre-Condon has told a Sydney court he will “not be silenced” during a bizarre rant during his arraignment on murder charges.
Lamarre-Condon, 29, is accused of killing Qantas flight attendant Luke Davies, also 29, and TV presenter Jesse Baird in February last year.
Police allege heshot the two men with a New South Wales Police weapon when he broke into Baird’s home in Paddington, an inner-city suburb of Sydney, on February 19.
Luke Davies (left) and Jesse Baird were killed in February last year. Photo / Getty Images
He is then accused of hiding the couple’s bodies in surfboard bags before dumping them at a rural property.
He was sacked by NSW Police in mid-March last year.
In the Supreme Court of Sydney today, Lamarre-Condon appeared via audiovisual link from prison and confirmed his not-guilty pleas.
He was charged with domestic violence-related murder and breaking and entering with intent to commit an indictable offence. He has been in custody since his arrest.
Jesse Baird and Luke Davies together at a Pink concert in Sydney. Photo / Instagram / jessebairddd
His mother, Coleen Lamarre, nodded along in court as he said “the truth will prevail and I will not be silenced”.
He said he wanted to “respectfully say” on the record that he was previously engaged in negotiations with the Director of Public Prosecutions to plead guilty in the local court to only one count of manslaughter relating to Baird.
“I did take accountability from the start … and I am therefore entitled to an early plea discount,” he told the court.
He added that he “strongly opposes” any suppression orders being made during his trial, which has since been listed for September 21 next year.
He further claimed he wished to “expose serious misconduct and corruption” by NSW Police in the investigation process.
The claims come after Lamarre-Condon appeared in court in August to enter not-guilty pleas, with lawyer Benjamin Archbold telling reporters there were “more sides to every story”.
He is now on his third set of lawyers after switching his legal team in July.
More to come.
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