Beau Lamarre-Condon trial: Cop told friend Georgia Cook how he would hide bodies after break-up, jury told

Beau Lamarre-Condon allegedly told a friend if he killed someone he would take their bodies “where nobody would ever find them”, a jury has been told.

The former police officer disguised himself as an Uber Eats rider before allegedly murdering TV presenter Jesse Baird and his new partner Luke Davies at the journalist’s Paddington home in Sydney in February 2024.

The 31-year-old has pleaded not guilty, and is arguing self-defence as he fights the murder allegations before a jury trial in the NSW Supreme Court.

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

A friend of Mr Lamarre-Condon, Georgia Cook, last week told the jury the former officer asked her, “What would you do if I told you I killed somebody?” following his first break-up with the TV presenter.

“One of the first things he said was, ‘What would you do if I told you I killed somebody?’ and I just froze, and he said ‘Would you help me hide the body?’,” she said.

When she said no, he allegedly laughed it off and told her “I didn’t do that, but I did do something crazy” before telling her he had allegedly broken into Mr Baird’s home.

Ms Cook on Monday told the jury Mr Lamarre-Condon asked her what she would do with bodies if she killed somebody, and when she replied she didn’t know he said: “After I’d kill them, I would take their stuff, I would put it in a dumpster.”

“I would take their bodies to bushland where nobody would ever find them,” Mr Lamarre-Condon allegedly told her.

She told the jury he used her private medical diagnosis to ensure she did not tell anyone about their conversation, with Ms Cook confirming she did not tell anyone about their chat.

“I didn’t know what to think, I was really scared and I guess hearing a person of power in a police force, it kind of felt like I didn’t really have anywhere to go,” she said.

“After the dinner I really just started to pull away and I just couldn’t continue a friendship after hearing these things.”

During cross-examination by Mr Lamarre-Condon’s legal team, Ms Cook said she did continue to speak with the former officer via texts and on social media, but that their communication did not mean she was not scared.

Ms Cook did not make a statement to police until months after the alleged murders, with the woman telling the jury she had seen coverage on the news.

She denied suggestions that the things she told police about her alleged conversation with Mr Lamarre-Condon were things she learned from media reports.

“When someone says something that scary or shocking, it’s not something that leaves your mind. I remember it like it was yesterday,” she told the jury.

She maintained she was still scared of the officer following his arrest.

“After the news had come out I was scared, I didn’t know what to do with what I knew,” she said.

“I didn’t know if I wanted to be involved, I didn’t know if he wasn’t put away what would happen to me… that puts me in a scary position.”

Mr Lamarre-Condon had also allegedly told her he had watched Mr Baird have sex with other men and wore a black hoodie and used his mother’s car so Mr Baird wouldn’t recognise him as he watched him.

Ms Cook said Mr Lamarre-Condon told her he had seen Mr Baird use a Polaroid camera he had bought him to take photographs with his friends as he watched over the back fence, before breaking into the home.

“He watched where Jesse left his key,” Ms Cook told the jury.

“Once Jesse and the friends had left … he went and got the key and unlocked the door, broke into the house.”

Ms Cook said the former officer allegedly stole the camera and ate Mr Baird’s Easter egg.

“He said there was something else that he did, but he didn’t tell me what it was,” she said.