Live: Beau Lamarre-Condon gives evidence in double murder trial

In 2021, Lamarre-Condon started worked at Youth Command in Glebe.

"I wanted to deter youth crime ... that's something I was passionate about," he said.

He said he wanted to escape the "torment and bullying" he experienced at the Surry Hills police command.

Eight months later, the same commanders "transferred over" to Youth Command as well.

Beau Lamarre-Condon speaking

Beau Lamarre-Condon is the witness box.

He is being asked about his experience on the police force and some of the graphic scenes he had witnessed, including a colleague who took their own life at work.

In the audio recording of the visit, Lamarre-Condon continued telling a friend about February 19, 2024 — the day Baird and Davies died.

He says after seeing the delivery driver, he put on a jacket "pretending" to be one as well

Lamarre-Condon knocked three times, he says, on Baird's front door: "What do I do, thinking no-one's home? Go in"

The accused says he was unaware Baird was moving out, and called out to see if anyone was home

He says he was looking for his "stuff" and says he can't discuss the specifics when he went into the kitchen where "shit's going down"

Baird allegedly was holding a knife while packing boxes, Lamarre-Condon says

He denies "technically" breaking and entering because Baird got a key cut for him in the past

Lamarre-Condon says he "panicked" because the cops wouldn't "believe" him

Lamarre-Condon is in the witness box in court today to give evidence.

Also tendered in court is a 51-minute recorded conversation between Lamarre-Condon and a friend in December 2024.

The friend can't be identified for legal reasons.

In the terse exchange, he says he pleaded guilty to manslaughter in relation to Jesse Baird "only and no-one else".

He also said:

Baird had blocked him "on everything" and the accused said he had no way to ask how to get his own belongings back from the Paddington terrace in February 2024

He says he made a joke about a body fitting in a surfboard bag, but "I would do the same thing tomorrow" because of his sense of humour and that he had previously bought Baird a surf board

The accused says he had his police-issue gun on him "legally and lawfully" because he does a "lot of extra shifts" for events

He says he drove to Baird's in a hire car his mum had because her vehicle was in for a service, and couldn't have taken his Tesla because the surf board he wanted to retrieve wouldn't fit

Lamarre-Condon couldn't tell if Baird was in the house or not and says he didn't want to knock to avoid confrontation and escalation to police

He says he left to return his gun, but on the way ran into an Uber Eats delivery driver in a high-vis jacket

"This right here is why everything kicked off," he says.

Beau Lamarre-Condon has pleaded not guilty to murder and is arguing self-defence.

We've heard snippets of what he told friends in days after Jesse Baird and Luke Davies's deaths in court.

The jury has also seen a written statement the accused made in June 2025.

It outlines the evidence he says he "would be prepared, if necessary, to give in court as a witness".

In it, he alleges a woman known as Elizabeth Kennedy helped him dispose of the bodies in a hire van outside of Sydney.

He says he told her "Jesse was dead" on February 20, 2024.

That was a day after the alleged murders.

Beau Lamarre-Condon claimed she deterred him from going to the police and the next day, said "we have to get rid of them straight away".

Ms Kennedy denies his version of events and rejects any suggestion she helped him dispose of the bodies.

The statement also references discussions with his lawyers about the pleas he considered entering.

"I also wanted to do the right thing for the families, as they deserve to know the truth too," he wrote, about Ms Kennedy's alleged involvement.