Senior police officer breaks down in court in ex-cop’s murder trial

In the NSW Supreme Court, a senior detective from the Homicide Squad broke down while describing to the jury how the bodies of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies were found in surfboard bags at a rural property near Bungonia, south of Sydney, eight days after their alleged murders on February 19, 2024. The detective had struggled to locate the specific farm where the bodies were hidden, calling it "almost trying to find a needle in a haystack." Despite this challenge, they eventually identified a property with similar characteristics and discovered the surfboard bags near a monastery. Beau Lamarre-Condon, 31, who is accused of murdering Baird and Davies using his service firearm at a Paddington share house, pleaded not guilty to the charges.