Sydney murder trial hears evidence from police crime-scene photographs

Jurors in the Supreme Court trial of former New South Wales police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon have been shown photographs taken at locations connected with the deaths of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies. Lamarre-Condon, 31, has pleaded not guilty to two murder charges. He is accused of shooting Baird and Davies with his service pistol at Baird’s Paddington home in Sydney in February 2024.

His lawyers have indicated that self-defence will be part of the case. A specialist crime-scene officer, Senior Sergeant Bronwyn Lansley, gave evidence as jurors viewed photographs from the home and a skip bin in Cronulla. Police found clothing, bedding and other possessions in the bin, including identification and bank cards belonging to Davies.

The court heard that DNA testing matched blood on several items to Baird and Davies. Photographs also showed apparent bloodstains on a dismantled bed, bedroom flooring and other areas of the terrace. A fired cartridge case was found above a kitchen cabinet.

Investigators also photographed damage to the kitchen floor and wall. Testing indicated that Baird’s blood was present in the kitchen, beneath it, the lounge room and bedroom, while Davies’s blood was found in the bedroom and on bedroom items. The prosecution alleges that Lamarre-Condon had developed an obsessive and jealous fixation on Baird after a relationship.

It alleges that Baird was shot in the kitchen and Davies was shot through a bedroom door while trying to call emergency services. The defence has offered an alternative account involving two separate struggles over the pistol. The trial, before Justice Natalie Adams, is expected to last three months.