Beau Lamarre-Condon: Crime scene photos released after cop allegedly shot Ch10 presenter ‘execution-style’

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More than 200 crime scene photos have been released from the home where Beau Lamarre-Condon is accused of murdering a TV presenter “execution-style” before allegedly killing the man’s new boyfriend.

Mr Lamarre-Condon dressed up as an Uber Eats delivery rider before allegedly murdering Jesse Baird and his new boyfriend, Luke Davies, at Mr Baird’s Paddington home in Sydney on February 19, 2024.

The former police officer has pleaded not guilty and is arguing self-defence in a jury trial before the NSW Supreme Court.

The jury has been shown more than 200 photographs from Mr Baird’s Paddington home, including some of a bullet found beneath the kitchen floor.

NSW Police Senior Sergeant Bronwyn Lansley, the lead investigator when the journalist’s home was examined on February 22, told the jury the bullet travelled through a source of blood before penetrating the timber subfloor.

A partial match for Mr Baird’s DNA was found on a blood swab from the bullet, according to court documents.

Sergeant Lansley said no blood was found in the vicinity that could cause transfer contamination. The forensic analysis report states the bullet found under the kitchen floor was discharged “in a downwards angle”.

Crown prosecutor Brett Hatfield SC previously alleged that Mr Lamarre-Condon shot Mr Baird “execution-style”, with the bullet later retrieved from under the floor.

Blood samples taken from Mr Baird’s bedroom showed Mr Davies as the major contributor, court documents stated.

The Crown alleges Mr Lamarre-Condon shot Mr Davies through the bedroom door as he tried to call triple-0 for help.

Ms Lansley told the jury the forensic evidence suggests “there was nothing between the muzzle of the firearm and the door”.

The bullet hole from the bedroom door was not discovered until July of this year, with Mr Hatfield telling the jury it was missed because it was covered with a hook.

Mr Lamarre-Condon bought a mounting hook from a Kmart in Sylvania, the jury was told.

Mr Davies’ blood was also found on the bedroom wall, door handle and beneath the flooring, according to court documents.

A blue glow is in some of the crime scene images, with Sergeant Lansley explaining to the jury that she used luminol, which glows when it reacts with blood. Luminol can also react with other substances like cleaning products.

Cop’s tale to Ch10 presenter

Mr Lamarre-Condon briefly dated Mr Baird from about late 2022 to April 2023 and again from September to November of that year.

Their final break-up culminated after Mr Baird discovered the former officer had been going through his phone without him knowing and an incident regarding an Instagram post Mr Lamarre-Condon made in November 2023.

He allegedly posted a photo of flowers, which he got from the internet, to his Instagram close friends story to make it seem like Mr Baird had sent him the large bouquet.

Mr Baird couldn’t see it but people Mr Lamarre-Condon believed to be his “romantic rivals” could, the jury was told.

When the TV presenter confronted him about it, asking him “what’s this about?” in a text, Mr Lamarre-Condon allegedly lied and claimed his stepfather had sent them to his mother.

Later that night, Mr Lamarre-Condon texted his friend Shae Davison and allegedly told her “I f**ked up really bad” before sending a screenshot of Mr Baird’s text breaking up with him.

The next day, on November 17, he asked Ms Davison if she could call him because he needed “quick advise (sic)” before sending her a picture of a woman with a bouquet of flowers and another with a handwritten note.

It is alleged he rushed to a florist after Mr Baird confronted him and asked them to make a bouquet to match the photo he had posted online, also making a note that appeared to be from his stepfather to his mother.

Ms Davison alleged in her evidence last week that Mr Lamarre-Condon then staged photos to make it look like his mother’s partner had bought her flowers and asked if he should send it to Mr Baird.

“I believe that he was confronted with the information that Jesse had found out about this Instagram post, and he wanted to try and get his way out of that,” Ms Davison told the court.

There is no evidence that Mr Lamarre-Condon actually sent the photographs to Mr Baird, but he did send the TV presenter a message asking to meet in person so he could “take ownership of something”, but Mr Baird did not reply.

Just a day later, on November 18, Mr Lamarre-Condon allegedly called Mr Baird a “manipulative player” in a text message to the presenter.

“You don’t need to worry about seeing me out etc because you won’t exist, and no further conversation needs to take place,” Mr Lamarre-Condon allegedly said.

He also allegedly texted a man Mr Baird was casually dating – Damon Wilson – that same day claiming that the journalist had led him on and “gaslit” him.

“I would hate to see you get hurt … It took me so long to recover from all the manipulation and he has now tried to make me look like the ‘bad guy’ with no accountability on his end,” Mr Lamarre-Condon allegedly wrote.

Days later, on November 23, Mr Lamarre-Condon asked a friend, known by the pseudonym Alex Carrol for legal reasons, if her ex-boyfriend could get him a gun, the jury was told.

The trial will continue on Wednesday.