By Sarah McPhee
Police have laid new charges against accused double killer and former police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon, alleging the murders of couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies were domestic violence-related and that he broke into a home in Sydney’s inner east.
Lamarre-Condon, 29, has been in custody on two charges of murder after handing himself in to police in the days after the February 19 shooting of 26-year-old TV presenter and AFL umpire Baird, and his new partner, 29-year-old Qantas flight attendant Davies.
Beau Lamarre-Condon (left) has been charged with murdering Jesse Baird and Luke Davies.
Police allege Lamarre-Condon, then a senior constable, used his police-issued Glock to shoot the couple at Baird’s Paddington share house before dumping their bodies in surfboard bags outside the town of Bungonia, south of Goulburn.
This masthead can reveal Lamarre-Condon has recently been hit with three new charges: two counts of domestic violence-related murder and one count of aggravated breaking and entering with intent to commit a serious indictable offence.
The latter charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years behind bars.
The rear of the Brown Street home, in Paddington, where Lamarre-Condon allegedly killed Baird and Davies.Credit: Kate Geraghty
In a statement on Tuesday night, police confirmed the fresh charges were laid on July 18.
The new domestic violence-related murder charges would be expected to replace the two original charges as the case proceeds through the courts.
Lamarre-Condon’s lawyer, John Walford, has been contacted for comment.
Walford previously told reporters outside court that the matter “may go to trial” and his client might rely on mental health grounds.
Police allege Lamarre-Condon killed Baird due to an obsession with the Network Ten presenter, and that Davies was killed as collateral damage because he was also at the home.
NSW Police removed Lamarre-Condon from the force in March.
In June, the next of kin of Baird and Davies, who live in Victoria and Queensland respectively, requested to dial into court proceedings.
Lamarre-Condon is yet to enter any pleas. He remains in custody and his case is due back before Downing Centre Local Court on August 13.
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