Accused Murderer Beau Lamarre-Condon Tells Jury He Made the ‘Right Call’

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The court has heard accused murderer and former police officer, Beau Lamarre-Condon say he made the “right call” when he allegedly shot and killed former partner and television presenter, Jesse Baird and his new partner Luke Davies.

He states he went into “police mode” when he claimed Baird was holding a knife when he entered Baird’s house.

“I stand by the first shot. I have had lots and lots of time to reflect on this,” Lamarre-Condon told the jury.

“The first shot was intentional; the second shot was not. I 110 per cent stand by that first shot because if I didn’t do it Jesse Baird would be sitting here in the box today, and he would have to explain why he drove a knife into my throat.”

Lamarre-Condon also denies any accusations that he went to Baird’s house with the intention of killing him.

“It was my fault … I’ve said from the start I am guilty of manslaughter and I am responsible for his death but it wasn’t intentional,” he said.

The Allegations and Trial

The prosecution is alleging that Lamarre-Condon shot Baird and Davies at Baird’s Paddington home with his service firearm before transporting their bodies in surfboard bags to a rural property in Bungonia in regional New South Wales in February 2024.

Lamarre-Condon was charged only days after Jesse Baird, a Channel Ten television presenter, and Luke Davies, a Qantas flight attendant, were reported missing by police.

Their bodies were then found the following week at the rural property in Bungonia. The discovery came four days after Lamarre-Condon turned himself in, as he finally offered NSW Police an approximate location of their bodies.

The Crown described an Lamarre-Condon as having an “infatuation” with Baird during their brief romantic relationship in late 2022 and part of 2023, which prompted him to engage with a number of compulsive behaviours before finally shooting him at close range and killing Davies to prevent him being a witness.

Since the trial started in October, the jury has heard from a friend of Beau Lamarre-Condon that she sat on the footpath drinking champagne while he scrubbed the van used to transport Jesse Baird and Luke Davies’ bodies, after arriving unexpectedly at her home.

The trial continues before Justice Natalie Adams.