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Beau Lamarre-Condon denies making fake Grindr account for Jesse Baird, double murder trial hears

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Wong, K. (2026, November 11). Beau Lamarre-Condon denies making fake Grindr account for Jesse Baird, double murder trial hears. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/nov/11/beau-lamarre-condon-murder-trial-fake-grindr-account-ntwnfb

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Beau Lamarre-Condon has denied creating a fake Grindr account for Jesse Baird after their breakup during his double murder trial at the New South Wales Supreme Court. He faces charges of murdering Baird and Luke Davies, as well as aggravated break and enter. Under cross-examination by Crown prosecutor Brett Hatfield SC, Lamarre-Condon stated that he had only tried to determine if a particular email address was active on Grindr to check Baird’s relationship status but did not create or use the fake account himself.
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Beau Lamarre-Condon, a former police officer in Sydney, is on trial for fatally shooting Jesse Baird and his partner Luke Davies at their home in Paddington on February 19, 2024. During the fifth day of testimony at the New South Wales Supreme Court, Lamarre-Condon denied making fake Grindr accounts of Baird after their breakup. A friend had previously testified that Lamarre-Condon made such profiles on dating apps like Grindr to track Baird's activities post-separation. Under cross-examination by Crown Prosecutor Brett Hatfield SC, Lamarre-Condon asserted he never created a fake account and only checked if certain emails were active on the app. He faces two counts of murder and one charge of aggravated break and enter.

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Beau Lamarre-Condon Denies Fake Grindr Account
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He claimed he was only seeing whether that address was available on the app as it would indicate whether or not he was using the service.
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He said he was thinking of stopping at Paddington to get his belongings from Baird before the other man got home from work, which would have put him in the “exact same” position he was in today as his firearm was still in his backpack.
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When we would meet up it was of the sexual nature.
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Topics

Grindr New South Wales Paddington Sydney

Subjects

Baird PERSON · 5× Lamarre-Condon PERSON · 4× Grindr ORG · 2× Beau Lamarre-Condon PERSON · 1× Jesse Baird PERSON · 1× Lamarre-Condon’s PERSON · 1× Luke Davies PERSON · 1× New South Wales GPE · 1× Paddington GPE · 1× Sydney GPE · 1×

Narrative

Sitting in the witness box for the fifth day, Lamarre-Condon was asked whether he told a friend he had made a fake Grindr account in relation to Baird, after one of the former officer’s friends earlier gave evidence about the matter.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-11-11
He claimed he was only seeing whether that address was available on the app as it would indicate whether or not he was using the service.
2026-11-11 · The Guardian
Beau Lamarre-Condon denies making fake Grindr account for Jesse Baird, double murder trial hears · assertive framing

Claims (13 extracted, 1 hedged)

Beau Lamarre-Condon has denied making a fake dating app account of Jesse Baird after their breakup, a court has heard. asserted
court → deny → breakup
The former police officer is accused of fatally shooting Baird and his new partner, Luke Davies, with his police service weapon in Baird’s Paddington home in Sydney on 19 February 2024. asserted
officer → accuse → February
He has pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder and one charge of aggravated break and enter. asserted
He → plead → break
Earlier during his double murder trial at the New South Wales supreme court, a friend of Lamarre-Condon’s gave evidence that he had made fake profiles of Baird on apps like Grindr. asserted
he → give → Grindr
Sitting in the witness box for the fifth day, Lamarre-Condon was asked whether he told a friend he had made a fake Grindr account in relation to Baird, after one of the former officer’s friends earlier gave evidence about the matter. asserted
one → sit → matter
Under cross-examination from crown prosecutor Brett Hatfield SC on Wednesday, Lamarre-Condon said that had “never happened”. asserted
that → say → Wednesday
Lamarre-Condon told the court that after his breakup with Baird, he had tried to create a fake account for a man the presenter had been seeing. asserted
presenter → tell → man
“I attempted to create a fake account with an email I believed was from him to see if it was active … to see if he was in an exclusive relationship with Jesse or not,” he said. asserted
he → attempt → Jesse
“But I didn’t make an account or operate it as him.” asserted
I → make → him
He claimed he was only seeing whether that address was available on the app as it would indicate whether or not he was using the service. asserted
he → claim → service
Hatfield suggested the email he had entered was not that man’s address and asked whether Lamarre-Condon had created it himself. uncertain
Condon → suggest → it
The former policeman responded: “I can’t confirm if this is 100% [his] email or not, this is something I had seen on social media.” asserted
I → respond → media
The trial before Justice Natalie Adams continues. asserted
trial → continue → Adams
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