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The Sydney Morning Herald
· collected 2026-10-06 · by Michaela Whitbourn
Beau Lamarre-Condon, a former NSW police officer on trial for murdering Jesse Baird and Luke Davies in February 2024, attended pistol training at the Blacktown Pistol Club a month prior to the alleged murders with his colleagues. Senior Sergeant James Woodbury testified about the training details but confirmed he did not attend personally. The prosecution claims Lamarre-Condon used his police-issued Glock to kill Baird and Davies after an obsessive relationship turned sour, while the defense argues the deaths were accidental during a struggle over the gun.
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Beau Lamarre-Condon, a former NSW police officer, attended training at the Blacktown Pistol Club on January 17, 2024, a month before he allegedly murdered Jesse Baird and Luke Davies in Paddington, Sydney. The court heard that during this training session, Lamarre-Condon participated in live-fire exercises including shooting at multiple targets from various distances and performing firearm maintenance tasks. Prosecutors argue that Lamarre-Condon planned the killings after developing an "obsessive and jealous infatuation" with Baird following their breakup in November 2023. He is on trial for two counts of murder, having pleaded not guilty to these charges.
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Accused double murderer Beau Lamarre-Condon attended police training at a pistol range a month before he allegedly killed Sydney couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies, a court has heard.
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court → accuse → Baird
The former NSW police officer is standing trial in the Supreme Court on two counts of murder over the shooting deaths of Jesse Baird, 26, and Luke Davies, 29, in Paddington on February 19, 2024.
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officer → stand → February
He has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
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He → plead → charges
On Tuesday the 15-person jury heard evidence from NSW Police Senior Sergeant James Woodbury, co-ordinator of the weapons and defensive tactics training unit.
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jury → hear → unit
The court heard that Lamarre-Condon attended training at the Blacktown Pistol Club with 10 colleagues on January 17, 2024.
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Condon → hear → January
“The live-fire training program typically consists of a number of practice sequences,” he said.
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he → consist → sequences
This generally included shooting at multiple targets, shooting very close to a target and from further away, reloading their pistol and fixing any stoppages, he said.
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he → include → stoppages
A sign-in sheet showed participant number two at the training was “Beau Lamarre” but Woodbury was not personally in attendance at the training on January 17, the court heard.
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court → sign → January
The prosecution case is that Lamarre-Condon planned to kill Baird, a former Network Ten producer and presenter, after developing an “obsessive and jealous infatuation” with him that escalated when Baird ended their casual relationship in November 2023.
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Baird → plan → November
The accused allegedly used his police-issued Glock pistol to shoot both men in Baird’s Paddington share house on the morning of February 19, and cleaned the home while Baird’s flatmates were out.
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flatmates → accuse → home
The prosecution alleges Lamarre-Condon killed Davies, a Qantas flight attendant and Baird’s new boyfriend, to eliminate a witness to his crime.
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Condon → allege → crime
There is no dispute that Lamarre-Condon was at the terrace when Baird and Davies died, that they died of gunshot wounds from his police-issued pistol, and that he was disguised as a delivery rider.
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he → be → rider
There is also no dispute that he disposed of their bodies in surfboard bags.
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he → be → bags
However, the defence case is that Lamarre-Condon went to the Paddington home to pick up some of his belongings and did not expect anybody to be there.
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anybody → go → belongings
A struggle ensued in which his gun accidentally went off twice, killing Baird, and Davies accidentally shot himself in a second struggle, the defence says.
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defence → ensue → struggle
The accused’s barrister, John Stratton, SC, told the jury that Lamarre-Condon had his gun with him because he had been trained not to leave it unattended in his vehicle.
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he → accuse → vehicle
However, the Crown case is that he should not have been carrying the weapon because he was not rostered on to work.
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he → carry → work
Stratton said in his opening address to the court that Lamarre-Condon dumped the bodies because he “panicked considerably”.
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he → say → bodies
“[He] knew the gravity of the situation that he was in and how it might be perceived and was overawed by it,” he said.
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he → know → it
The trial continues.
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trial → continue → ?
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