Prison audio details officer's defense in Sydney double murder trial

Beau Lamarre-Condon, 31, told a friend during a prison visit that he accepted full responsibility for his friend's involvement in the case, according to a covert recording played to the New South Wales Supreme Court on Monday. The audio, captured in December 2025, was introduced as evidence in the trial of the former police officer accused of killing Jesse Baird and Luke Davies in February 2024.

Lamarre-Condon is charged with two counts of murder and one count of aggravated break and enter. He pleaded not guilty to all charges. The friend, whose identity is being kept out of the public record, visited Lamarre-Condon at the behest of police. At the start of the recorded conversation, the officer asked the visitor to turn around to confirm he was not wearing a hidden microphone.

In the audio, the friend stated that Lamarre-Condon had placed him in a difficult position. Lamarre-Condon responded by apologizing and stating, 'I fully take accountability that you’re involved because of me now.' The two men exchanged remarks regarding the friend's mental state, with Lamarre-Condon telling the visitor, 'You’re not self aware in the way that I am.'

The officer challenged the friend's police statement, accusing him of lying about details regarding the motive for the killings. Lamarre-Condon argued in the recording that he acted in self-defense rather than killing Davies to remove a witness. He also disputed the break and enter charge, claiming he had a key cut for him by Baird and that entering the Paddington home was merely trespassing to retrieve belongings.

Lamarre-Condon explained that he did not knock on the door to avoid an apprehended violence order but called out hello upon entering. He told his friend that if the act had been planned, he would have been calm and collected. He stated he would have had cleaning supplies ready and would have purchased a different firearm for $10,000 instead of using his police service weapon.

The officer also discussed a trip to Royal National Park before the murders, where he tested the loudness of his gunshots. He said he was planning to return to the location to take his own life and had been suffering from suicidality due to work-related trauma. The friend was heard threatening to leave the conversation multiple times, questioning the truthfulness of Lamarre-Condon's account.

The trial is being presided over by Justice Natalie Adams. Lamarre-Condon was previously described by the friend in court as having confessed to the killings while calling it an 'out-of-body experience' before joking about it.