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Crown prosecutors and the defence team representing Beau Lamarre-Condon concluded their opening statements in the NSW Supreme Court on Tuesday.

Defence barrister John Stratton told the court Lamarre-Condon entered the home of his former boyfriend, Jesse Baird, to retrieve jewellery—not to kill him.

Mr Stratton said his client “didn’t want to go through the embarrassment” of confronting Baird that morning.

The court heard Lamarre-Condon waited until the property was empty before letting himself inside. He was dressed as an Uber Eats delivery driver and wearing a motorbike helmet and high-visibility clothing in case someone answered the door.

Mr Stratton said Baird was holding a knife and failed to recognise Lamarre-Condon because of the helmet and high-vis clothing.

Lamarre-Condon was carrying his firearm because, as a trained police officer, he had been taught never to leave a gun in a car where it could be stolen, the court heard.

According to the defence case, Baird seized the gun during a struggle and it discharged, fatally injuring him.

The firearm was thrown into the living room, the court heard. Lamarre-Condon then began walking down the hallway while calling Triple-0.

He then encountered Luke Davies, who was Baird’s new boyfriend, the court heard.

Lamarre-Condon allegedly grabbed Davies by the arm and pushed the gun away from himself before Davies pulled the trigger and fatally shot himself.

Mr Stratton told the court his client had no intention of harming anyone in Paddington that day and had acted in self-defence.

“After that, the accused panicked, he knew it looked bad,” Mr Stratton said.

“He cleaned up as much as he could and threw the knife into the yard of a house on Lawson Street.”

Mr Stratton also denied that his client had broken into Baird’s home in August 2023, saying Lamarre-Condon entered because he had been given a key.

The court heard Lamarre-Condon struggled to cope with the end of his relationship with Baird and “did stupid things, like looking through Baird’s phone and deleting messages”.

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Security footage from the front yard of a neighbour’s home in Paddington captured the sound of gunshots on the day of the alleged double murder. The recordings were played to the court.

Crown prosecutor Brett Hatfield alleged the three shots heard in the footage were the same shots that killed Baird and Davies.

Mr Hatfield also alleged Lamarre-Condon told a friend he had “killed two people” and said his work as a senior constable had “f***ed me up”.

When the friend asked how he had allegedly killed two people, Lamarre-Condon replied: “Pew pew.”

The court heard Lamarre-Condon later stopped at Westfield Miranda in Sydney’s south and bought a second surfboard case from Decathlon for $85. He already had one surfboard case, prosecutors alleged.

He then allegedly went to Bunnings in Alexandria in Sydney’s west, and bought a bucket, mop, bleach, black cable ties, a 20-pack of cleaning cloths, double-sided tape, and garbage bags.

Lamarre-Condon also allegedly made a complaint about the NSW Police Force while on his way to hand himself in for the alleged murders of Baird and Davies, the court heard.

During that phone call, he said: ‘I’ve been bullied, but when I reported it, no action was taken … All this death and trauma and psychological abuse … Did I say trauma already?

‘… It has caused me to have symptoms of schizophrenia … sorry, can we start again? Delete the whole thing, we’ll just keep it short and sweet.’

He then handed himself in to detectives in Bondi, the court heard, during which he allegedly said he took medication for depression and schizophrenia, but couldn’t remember what the medication was called.

Crown prosecutor Brett Hatfield SC told the court Lamarre-Condon was not on any medication for mental health issues, and that mental health impairment did not form part of his defence.

Baird’s sister Kourtnee (pictured above in white trousers) told the court her brother was ‘fearful’ because Lamarre-Condon was a police officer with a weapon, and that he would block Baird’s contacts on his phone.

She also told the court that her brother believed he was being followed.

‘He got messages [from Lamarre-Condon] saying “you looked really good in the gym tonight”, or when he was out for coffee or a meal he would often receive messages saying he looked nice in what he was wearing.’

Baird’s mother (pictured above in black) broke down on the stand while talking about her son.