‘Not everything in the news is true’: Beau Lamarre-Condon’s call after alleged murders
A former police officer’s phone call to a friend after he was arrested over allegations he murdered a Sydney couple has been revealed in court.
Beau Lamarre-Condon told a friend “not everything in the news is true” in a phone call after his arrest over the alleged murders of a Sydney couple, a jury has been told.
The former police officer is accused of murdering Jesse Baird and his new boyfriend, Luke Davies, at the TV presenter’s Paddington home on February 19, 2024.
Mr Lamarre-Condon, 31, has pleaded not guilty and is arguing self-defence before a jury trial in the NSW Supreme Court.
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An old friend of his, NSW Police Senior Constable Dayna Schagen, on Monday told the jury she received a call from an unknown number about 9pm on March 28, 2024.
When the person on the other end said “It’s Beau”, she said “What the f**k, why are you calling me?” the jury was told.
“Did the accused say, ‘I just wanted to tell you that I love you and before you do anything you need to know not everything in the news is true, it’ll come out in court?’” Crown prosecutor Caitlin Diggins asked.
“Yes,” she replied.
The jury was told Constable Schagen said to him, “You killed two people, why would you think I would ever want to speak to you again?” before hanging up on him and making a statement to police shortly afterwards.
The call came from a mobile phone number registered to another friend of Mr Lamarre-Condon, jurors heard.
By this stage Constable Schagen had already made a statement to police about a conversation she had with Mr Lamarre-Condon on February 14 that year, in which he allegedly asked her if police would still respond to reports of gunshots if another officer called in to say it was just fireworks.
“That was the last thing we said to each other,” Constable Schagen told the jury.
About a week later on February 22, she saw reports Mr Baird and Mr Davies were missing and that Mr Lamarre-Condon was suspected of being involved.
“Dude I just saw Jesse is missing, is he OK? Have you spoken to him?...What the f**k is going on?” Constable Schagen allegedly messaged him.
The next day she messaged him asking “Where the f**k are you?” and “What’s all this sh*t in the media, what’s going on?”, with Constable Schagen telling the jury Mr Lamarre-Condon read the messages but did not respond.
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Originally published as ‘Not everything in the news is true’: Beau Lamarre-Condon’s call after alleged murders
