Sydney Trial: Prison audio captures accused's account of fatal shooting

Jurors in Sydney heard audio from a secret prison meeting where Beau Lamarre-Condon detailed his version of events surrounding a double homicide. The recording, made during a visit in December 2025, was played in the New South Wales Supreme Court on Monday. It offers a direct account from the 31-year-old accused of fatally shooting Jesse Baird and Luke Davies.

The friend, whose identity is being kept private, first took the stand on Friday. He testified that Lamarre-Condon admitted to killing the two men. The witness stated the defendant described the incident as an out-of-body experience before attempting to treat the confession as a joke. The friend returned to the witness box on Monday to guide the jury through the covert audio he recorded for police.

In the recording, Lamarre-Condon challenged his friend's memory. He denied telling the witness that Davies was shot to eliminate a witness, insisting instead that he acted in self-defense. The friend responded by saying, "Don't you dare switch up." Lamarre-Condon also accused the friend of lying in his police statement regarding the events of that night.

The defendant addressed the charge of aggravated break and enter by arguing that Baird had a key cut for him. He conceded that entering the Paddington home constituted trespass but maintained it was normal to return to a former partner's house to collect items. He explained he did not knock to avoid triggering an apprehended violence order, though he called out hello after entering. He noted that if he had planned the crime, he would have been calm, had cleaning supplies ready, and used a different firearm, stating he could have bought another gun for $10,000.

Lamarre-Condon also told the friend he had tested the loudness of his police service weapon in Royal National Park in early 2024. He said he planned to return to that location to take his own life due to suicidality stemming from work trauma. The friend can be heard threatening to leave the conversation multiple times, questioning the truthfulness of the account. The trial is being presided over by Justice Natalie Adams.

The shooting took place at Baird's home in Paddington on 19 February 2024. Lamarre-Condon has pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder and one count of aggravated break and enter. He is accused of using his police service weapon to kill both victims.