‘Did I say trauma already?’: Beau Lamarre-Condon’s call to police helpline on way to hand himself in after alleged murders played to jury
A former police officer’s ‘trauma’ claim in a call to a helpline before handing himself in over the alleged murders of a Sydney couple has been aired in court.
Beau Lamarre-Condon claimed he suffered “trauma” in a bullying complaint he made to a police helpline while on his way to hand himself in after he allegedly murdered a Sydney couple, a jury has been told.
Mr Lamarre-Condon is accused of murdering TV presenter Jesse Baird, whom he briefly dated, and the man’s new boyfriend Qantas host Luke Davies on February 19, 2024, at the journalist’s Paddington home.
The 31-year-old has pleaded not guilty and is arguing self-defence in a jury trial before the NSW Supreme Court.
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By continuing you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy.His phone call to a police helpline on the morning of February 23, 2024, was played to the jury on Monday, with the former officer beginning the call by saying: “So you’re not shocked, my name is Beau Lamarre.”
He claimed in the phone call that he was “severely bullied” by multiple members of the NSW Police Force, and no action was taken when he reported it.
“All this death and trauma, and psychological abuse and trauma — did I say trauma already? — has caused me to not sleep, get anxious,” Mr Lamarre-Condon says in the call.
“Um it’s caused me to have some symptoms of schizophrenia. Actually sorry, you know what, can you just backspace it up to, can we just start again? (Let’s) keep it short and sweet.
“Since joining the police force … I have been exposed to trauma, destruction, death, sorry one moment — which has caused me to not have the mental capability that I had prior to joining the police force.”
Mr Lamarre-Condon added: “Due to the above reasons I’ve had to receive counselling and psychology sessions ongoingly.”
During the call, Mr Lamarre-Condon told the operator detectives were aware he was being driven to the police station.
Footage of the former police officer handing himself in at Bondi Police Station was also played to the jury on Tuesday.
Cop’s ‘truth’ claim after alleged murders
Mr Lamarre-Condon claimed his friend, known for legal reasons as the pseudonym Elizabeth Kennedy, encouraged him not to go to the police and to hide the couple’s bodies while citing a Taylor Swift song in a statement he made to police in June 2025.
The former officer claims he cried as he showed the woman Mr Baird’s head and told her he “should just drive straight to the police right now” before she told him: “This is like Taylor Swift’s song No Body, No Crime — we have to get rid of (the bodies) straight away.”
Mr Lamarre-Condon alleges in his statement that they tried to sink the couple’s bodies in a dam at Cella Farm near Bungonia on February 21, 2024, but the woman began “freaking out” after this failed so he drove her home and asked her partner if he could help him.
Days later, Mr Lamarre-Condon claims he told the woman he was going to hand himself into police and he would not mention anything about her but warned her that if it went to court he can’t lie under oath.
“I’ll pretend I didn’t know what happened, please, please, please,” Mr Lamarre-Condon claims the woman said.
“If it’s an official interview I can’t lie, I’m sorry,” he allegedly told her.
Mr Lamarre-Condon alleged the woman “flat out lied to police” in her statement, and that he decided to assist the authorities about her alleged involvement.
“I also wanted to do the right thing for the families, as they deserve to know the truth,” Mr Lamarre-Condon wrote in his statement.
Prosecutors earlier alleged the statement was a “lie” and that Mr Lamarre-Condon had “already decided to conceal the deaths of the two men by disposing of them”.
Ms Kennedy also denied suggestions by the former officer’s barrister, John Stratton SC, that Mr Lamarre-Condon showed her Mr Baird’s head and started crying.
“No. He never showed any remorse or shed a tear, even when he called me from jail,” Ms Kennedy told the jury.
She also claimed Mr Lamarre-Condon played the Taylor Swift song on the drive to Cella Farm.
Ms Kennedy told the jury that she did drive to the farm with Mr Lamarre-Condon but she never saw the bodies.
She said she waited at the farm’s gate when they arrived, and that he had told her he needed to break into the farm to “save the cattle” as he knew the owners.
