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Beau Lamarre-Condon trial live updates: Former NSW Police officer returns to witness box for cross-examination over alleged murders of Jesse Baird, Luke Davies

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Whitbourn, M. (2026, November 10). Beau Lamarre-Condon trial live updates: Former NSW Police officer returns to witness box for cross-examination over alleged murders of Jesse Baird, Luke Davies. The Sydney Morning Herald. https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/beau-lamarre-condon-trial-live-updates-former-nsw-police-officer-returns-to-witness-box-for-cross-examination-over-alleged-murders-of-jesse-baird-luke-davies-20261111-p61d51.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

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This article provides live updates on the trial of Beau Lamarre-Condon, a former NSW police officer who has pleaded not guilty to the double murder charges involving Jesse Baird and Luke Davies. During cross-examination in the NSW Supreme Court, Lamarre-Condon denies stalking Baird after their first breakup in April 2023 and rejects claims that he was obsessed with him. He admits to invading Baird’s privacy twice but denies breaking into his home on August 17, 2023. The trial continues to examine conflicting accounts of the relationship between Lamarre-Condon and Baird leading up to the alleged murders.

Written by AI on 2026-11-11, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

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Beau Lamarre-Condon, a former police officer, is currently on trial in Sydney for the murder of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies. On November 5, 2026, Lamarre-Condon entered the witness box to testify about his relationship with Baird and denied breaking into Baird's house to steal his phone and wallet. He claimed he was invited to stay overnight on August 17, 2023. During cross-examination on November 10, 2026, Lamarre-Condon also denied making fake email and Grindr accounts in Baird’s name. The trial is ongoing at the NSW Supreme Court, with prosecutors alleging that Lamarre-Condon used his police-issued Glock pistol to kill the couple.

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Michaela Whitbourn

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Lamarre-Condon has said he was trying to look through Baird’s phone and put a bobby pin in the lock so that if Baird woke up he wouldn’t think it was him.

2026-11-10 · assertive framing · Beau Lamarre-Condon trial live updates: Former NSW Police officer returns to witness box for cross-examination over alleged murders of Jesse Baird, Luke Davies

“Isn’t it the case that after that … you decided that you will go and enter his property with the key that you had surreptitiously copied,” Hatfield said.

2026-11-10 · assertive framing · ‘Smitten, yes. Obsessed, no’: Lamarre-Condon tells court about his feelings for TV presenter

“That would be about right,” the accused said.

2026-11-09 · assertive framing · Beau Lamarre-Condon trial live updates: Alleged double murderer denies plan to ‘assassinate Jesse Baird’, quizzed over CCTV footage as cross-examination continues

“Where the majority of my money would come from then was selling Hermes Birkins [handbags],” he said.

2026-11-09 · assertive framing · ‘I can’t panic’: Lamarre-Condon grilled over CCTV filmed three hours after alleged murders

“I was worried if I knocked on the door it may be perceived as harassment ... because Jesse told me, ‘please refrain from contacting me’,” Lamarre-Condon said.

2026-11-08 · assertive framing · Beau Lamarre-Condon trial live updates: Former NSW Police officer’s cross-examination continues over alleged murders of Jesse Baird, Luke Davies

“I was worried if I knocked on the door it may be perceived as harassment ... because Jesse told me, ‘please refrain from contacting me’,” Lamarre-Condon said.

2026-11-06 · assertive framing · ‘I stand by that first shot’: Lamarre-Condon admits killing former TV presenter

He said he wanted to take Baird’s phone outside while he was sleeping to check if he was in a relationship with another man, and “if he was to wake up and come outside, he would see the bobby pin [and] not be under the impression that it was me going through his phone”.

2026-11-05 · assertive framing · Beau Lamarre-Condon trial live updates: Alleged double murderer, former NSW Police officer returns to witness box after recounting first meeting with Jesse Baird

“I thought I would just knock on his window … to get his attention,” he said.

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The accused killer and former NSW police officer will give evidence about what he says happened on the day Sydney couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies died of gunshot wounds from his police-issued Glock pistol.

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Topics

NSW Qantas Sydney iCloud the NSW Supreme Court

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Baird PERSON · 14× Lamarre-Condon PERSON · 3× Jesse Baird PERSON · 2× Sydney GPE · 2× Beau Lamarre-Condon’s PERSON · 1× Brett Hatfield PERSON · 1× Luke Davies PERSON · 1× NSW GPE · 1× Qantas ORG · 1× the NSW Supreme Court ORG · 1×

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The men had met in Sydney in October 2022, the court has heard, and their relationship was non-exclusive, but the accused said they started going on “romantic dates” in December that year. - He rejected a suggestion by the prosecution on Tuesday that he was obsessed with Baird “right from the start”.

framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-11-11

Lamarre-Condon has said he was trying to look through Baird’s phone and put a bobby pin in the lock so that if Baird woke up he wouldn’t think it was him.

2026-11-11 · The Sydney Morning Herald

Beau Lamarre-Condon trial live updates: Former NSW Police officer returns to witness box for cross-examination over alleged murders of Jesse Baird, Luke Davies · assertive framing

Claims (21 extracted, 2 hedged)

The former NSW police officer returns to the witness box today to face further cross-examination by Crown prosecutor Brett Hatfield, SC. asserted

officer → return → Hatfield

The 31-year-old has pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder over the deaths of Jesse Baird, 26, a former TV presenter, and Luke Davies, 29, a Qantas flight attendant. asserted

old → plead → Baird

His case is that he acted in self-defence, the 15-person jury has been told. asserted

jury → act → defence

He has given the following evidence in cross-examination: - Lamarre-Condon denied stalking Baird in 2023 after their first break-up in April that year. asserted

Condon → give → April

he → meet → start

Obsessed, no,” the accused said. asserted

accused → obsess → ?

- The court has heard the men resumed contact briefly around August or September 2023, after their first break-up, before Baird ended the relationship permanently in November 2023. asserted

Baird → hear → November

Lamarre-Condon admitted he invaded Baird’s privacy and went through his phone on two occasions in March and April 2023. asserted

he → admit → March

- He denied that he had broken into Baird’s home on August 17, 2023, after the TV presenter responded to a text message he sent but did not engage with his suggestion of a catch-up. asserted

he → deny → up

He said that Baird “did invite me to stay the night” later that day, and he used a key left out for him. asserted

he → say → him

The court has heard Baird woke to a man he did not recognise standing over his bed and chased him out of the home. asserted

he → hear → home

He reported the alleged break-in and theft of his phone and wallet to the police. asserted

He → report → police

Lamarre-Condon has said he was trying to look through Baird’s phone and put a bobby pin in the lock so that if Baird woke up he wouldn’t think it was him. asserted

it → say → lock

- The court has heard that police found CCTV footage on Lamarre-Condon’s iCloud account of Baird on a date with another man at the Royal Hotel in Paddington on May 19, 2023. uncertain

police → hear → May

He denied he was stalking Baird and misusing his authority as a police officer to access CCTV of him. asserted

he → deny → him

- The accused said last week that he came across the footage while helping police colleagues with official duties, following a potential assault nearby. asserted

he → accuse → assault

Baird had invited him to “swing by” the hotel in uniform while he was working, he said. asserted

he → invite → uniform

- He rejected Hatfield’s suggestion that it appealed to him that Baird was a TV presenter. asserted

Baird → reject → him

“Jesse Baird could have been a garbage cleaner,” he said. uncertain

he → say → ?

“We actually never really talked much about his work. asserted

We → talk → work

- He also denied that he had misrepresented the nature of his relationship with Baird in a video he made of them on a farm stay holiday in March 2023. asserted

he → deny → March

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