Accused murderer Beau Lamarre-Condon removed from police force
Serving NSW police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon is accused of killing Jesse Baird and Luke Davies with a police pistol.
Accused murderer Beau Lamarre-Condon has officially been removed from the NSW Police Force over the deaths of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies.
Police allege the 28 year-old constable killed his ex, Baird, and new boyfriend Davies in a Paddington share house in February using a police-issued pistol.
On February 27, five days after his arrest, Lamarre-Condon allegedly led police to the bodies of Baird and Davies on a remote property near Goulburn. They were found inside surfboard bags buried in a shallow hole, covered in rocks and debris, along a dirt road.
It was the second place police will allege Lamarre-Condon dumped the remains of the Sydney couple.
In a statement on Friday, NSW Police said: “An off-duty police officer charged with two counts of murder in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs has been removed today from the NSW Police Force.”
“Under section 181D of the Police Act 1990, the Commissioner has the ability to remove officers if she has lost confidence in their suitability to continue as a police officer.”
On February 23, Lamarre-Condon was formally charged with the murders of TV presenter Baird and flight attendant Davies, and appeared at Waverley Local Court where he was formally refused bail.
Detectives allege one or more gunshots blast out of Lamarre-Condon’s police-issued firearm on Monday morning. The shots were heard by some people in the area, although they didn’t immediately report it.
Police allege he then checked the weapon back into a safe at a suburban police station, where it was found by homicide detectives.
“Through the examination of the crime scene at Paddington, where a large amount of blood was located, police also located a projectile at the premises, which had been discharged, and also a fire cartridge case,” Detective Superintendent Doherty told reporters at the time.
“This has now been ballistically matched to a NSW Police firearm and forms part of the evidence for the alleged facts to face court for this 28-year-old man. As a result of those inquiries, there have been a number of other crime scenes at Waterloo and Balmain.”
Police believe that after Davies and Baird died at the Paddington home, he allegedly returned to the house the next day in a rented van to move the bodies.
He will face court again in April.
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