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Beau Lamarre-Condon asked police investigator about murder case before alleged shootings, court hears

A Sydney court heard that police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon asked a colleague whether a killer would have avoided justice had he not later taken his own life. The conversation allegedly occurred one day before Lamarre-Condon was accused of fatally shooting Jesse Baird and Luke Davies with his police service weapon in Baird’s Paddington home.

A Sydney court has heard that police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon asked a fellow officer whether a high-profile killer would have “gotten away with it” if he had not subsequently taken his own life. The question concerned the murder of Lilie James and was allegedly raised one day before the shootings of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies.

Lamarre-Condon, 31, is accused of fatally shooting Baird and Davies on 19 February 2024. The alleged shootings took place at Baird’s home in Paddington, Sydney, and involved Lamarre-Condon’s police service weapon, according to the supplied report.

The court hearing concerned the alleged conversation with the police investigator. The supplied account does not provide the investigator’s name, the precise time or location of the conversation, or further evidence about what prompted the question.

The proceedings relate to allegations, and the supplied material does not state a verdict or provide confirmed next steps in the case.

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