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The former police officer accused of murdering Sydney couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies is the focus of a new court claim over an arrest five years ago.
Kris Lovelock was chased down and Tasered by Beau Lamarre-Condon at a park in Paddington in June 2020.
9News can reveal Lovelock has launched a civil claim over the arrest against the state of New South Wales and is seeking compensation.
Lamarre-Condon’s bodycam footage shows Lovelock being told to get down before the officer Tasers him a number of times as he lies on the ground.
Lovelock was convicted for a range of offences, including intimidating a police officer, but was later acquitted of all but one in a district court appeal.
The arrest in 2020 raised questions about Lamarre-Condon’s conduct.
An internal police probe found that Lamarre-Condon’s actions that day were lawful.
Now, NSW Police could be forced to defend the officer’s actions in the civil court.
Almost four years later, Lamarre-Condon was charged with entering a home in Paddington and murdering Baird and Davies with his police-issued gun.
He was later dismissed from the force.