In short
Hours of CCTV has been released by the court showing Beau Lamarre-Condon's movements after the alleged double murder of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies.
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Hours → release → Baird
Among the vision are trips to multiple hardware stores, stops to ATMs and the accused allegedly driving a white van out of Sydney.
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accused → accuse → Sydney
The trial, in its fifth week, will next sit on Friday.
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trial → sit → Friday
A NSW court has released nearly five hours of CCTV footage showing what prosecutors say are the movements and alleged attempts to cover up a double murder by Beau Lamarre-Condon after he is accused of shooting a young Sydney couple.
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he → release → couple
Surrounded by shoppers at multiple Bunnings stores in the days following the deaths of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies on February 19, 2024, the footage shows the then-police officer picking out supplies and making cash purchases.
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officer → surround → purchases
It shows various changes of vehicle from Mr Lamarre-Condon's Tesla, to a hired Mazda, and a hired white van which he allegedly used to transport the men's bodies.
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he → show → bodies
He made various returns to Mr Baird's street in Paddington, where it is alleged Mr Baird and Mr Davies were shot with the defendant's police pistol before their bodies were stored in surfboard bags.
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bodies → make → bags
The 31-year-old has pleaded not guilty in the NSW Supreme Court and is arguing self-defence, with his lawyers indicating it is his case the two men died during separate struggles involving the gun in the share house.
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men → plead → house
Bunnings, surgery and sushi with a friend
The Crown alleged Mr Baird and Mr Davies were murdered on a Monday morning.
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Baird → allege → morning
On the Tuesday, Mr Lamarre-Condon visited Bunnings in Alexandria for items including gumboots, a drill, hi-vis clothing and dust masks.
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Condon → visit → gumboots
He made stops at ATMs and had sushi with a male friend in Cronulla.
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He → make → Cronulla
On the Wednesday, he was dropped by an Uber at St Vincent's Private Hospital early in the morning for what the jury heard was a minor procedure.
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jury → drop → morning
The CCTV compilation shows more stops at ATMs before a trip to Bunnings in Rockdale for a tarpaulin, two sets of white overalls in different sizes, gloves, bin bags, a shovel, a wheelbarrow, and six bags of quick-set concrete.
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compilation → show → concrete
The court heard that in the afternoon, he picked up a friend known during the trial by the pseudonym Elizabeth Kennedy in a white van.
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he → hear → van
Ms Kennedy testified they booked accommodation for an upcoming trip before he asked if she wanted to go for a drive.
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she → testify → drive
She recalled the vehicle smelled "lemony" and saw a blue tarp in the back.
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vehicle → recall → back
Ms Kennedy, who at times communicated with the accused in messages or calls on encrypted app Signal, gave evidence she was told to turn off her phone, and during the two-hour drive to Goulburn, the windows were kept down and the air conditioning was on.
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conditioning → communicate → Goulburn
The CCTV shows the pair stopping at Bunnings in Goulburn, where she says Mr Lamarre-Condon asked her to pay for an angle grinder.
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Condon → show → grinder
According to Ms Kennedy's evidence, they then arrived at a farm which had dams.
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which → accord → dams
She claimed Mr Lamarre-Condon said he knew the owners and had to "break in and save the cattle" which were going to get out.
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which → claim → cattle
She said she refused his request to help put garbage bags over the van's number plates.
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she → say → plates
"I just thought he was up to something," Ms Kennedy told the court.
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Kennedy → think → court
The witness recalled being left at the gate for 30-to-40 minutes while Mr Lamarre-Condon drove towards a dam on the property, during which time it started getting dark and she had a panic attack.
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she → recall → attack
"I was hyperventilating and crying," she said, recalling how Mr Lamarre-Condon was in gumboots when he returned.
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he → hyperventilate → gumboots
Witness recalls 'freezing' car trip
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Witness → recall → trip
She described the return to Sydney as "an awful drive" because "it was freezing".
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it → describe → drive
Ms Kennedy said Mr Lamarre-Condon made "cryptic" comments, including about her medication, having nightmares, and whether she had thought about suicide.
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she → say → suicide
She testified he told her he would need to return to Goulburn and would be "up all night", requesting she buy him a peach iced tea for the caffeine.
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she → testify → caffeine
The blue tarp she previously noticed was gone from the rear of the vehicle, Ms Kennedy said.
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Kennedy → notice → vehicle
The prosecution alleged Mr Lamarre-Condon unsuccessfully attempted to sink the men's bodies in the dam using cement and weights.
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Condon → allege → cement
They were ultimately found near a monastery in the Bungonia area.
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They → find → area
When Ms Kennedy was cross-examined, defence counsel John Stratton SC asked her about her mental health diagnoses, including borderline personality disorder and bipolar disorder.
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SC → cros → disorder
He suggested, through his questions, an alternative version of the trip, putting to the witness Mr Lamarre-Condon had called her on Signal, told her about the deaths and asked if he should go to police.
But Ms Kennedy denied she replied with: "I watch a lot of crime documentaries — we have to hide the bodies, they won't believe you."
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they → suggest → you
She also rejected suggestions she had made a reference to Taylor Swift by saying it was like the song No Body, No Crime.
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it → reject → song
"He was the one who put that song on in the car," Ms Kennedy said.
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Kennedy → put → car
Mr Stratton suggested his client told the witness, before the trip, that "if you don't want to help me, I understand", and lifted the tarpaulin to show her the head of Mr Baird in the van.
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I → suggest → van
He never mentioned anything about helping him with anything … he definitely didn't want me to know there was anything in the back," she said.
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she → mention → back
The jury heard Ms Kennedy gave an induced statement to police; representing a promise what she told them could not be used to prosecute her.
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told → hear → her
She was granted a certificate which had the same effect in relation to her evidence in court.
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which → grant → court
Jurors heard the arrangement did not extend to protection against potential falsity of evidence or perjury.
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arrangement → hear → evidence
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