Chats with accused cop after double shooting probed
Two people who were with Beau Lamarre-Condon in the days after he allegedly murdered a young couple are expected to reveal their conversations with the killer cop.
The former senior constable, 31, has pleaded not guilty to the murders of TV presenter Jesse Baird and flight attendant Luke Davies, saying both men were shot by his police pistol in self-defence.
On Tuesday, the 15-member NSW Supreme Court jury was shown CCTV from February 20, 2024, the day after Mr Baird and Mr Davies were killed.
In the footage, Lamarre-Condon can be seen driving back from the Sutherland Shire where he had dinner with a friend, having allegedly confessed to the killings to her the previous afternoon.
The officer's grey Tesla can be seen driving back to the "staging area" in Kensington, about 30 minutes away, where he switches to a hired Toyota Hiace van and drives back to the Cronulla area, the court heard.
Multiple cameras track the van's movements to Club Cronulla, a place Lamarre-Condon and his friend stopped earlier in the evening.
The friend can be seen getting out of the Tesla and inspecting a skip bin in the bowling club car park, in vision played to the jury on Monday.
The Crown alleges Lamarre-Condon told the friend he needed to find a skip bin and stopped at the club when they noticed one while driving past.
The friend, who is yet to give evidence, is the same man who was with the accused when he bought a surfboard bag at a sports store two days before allegedly murdering Mr Baird.
Later that night, a camera at the bowling club captures a van parking in the car park before a figure opens two skip bin lids and loads items into the bins.
A man resembling Lamarre-Condon can be seen walking back towards his Balmain home at 11.55pm.
Later on Tuesday, the jury is expected to hear from a witness known by the pseudonym Elizabeth Kennedy, who travelled with the senior constable 200km south to Bungonia the following day.
Crown prosecutor Brett Hatfield SC has previously said Lamarre-Condon drove the pair to Cella Farm, a place he had been to previously on a romantic weekend.
Ms Kennedy is expected to say Lamarre-Condon was very talkative during the drive and mentioned he would be working at an upcoming Taylor Swift concert, Mr Hatfield said.
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