Beau Lamarre-Condon used friend to help fake cancer diagnosis before alleged double murder, court told
Summary
Beau Lamarre-Condon, a police officer, faked a cancer diagnosis with help from a friend months before he was accused of killing Jesse Baird and Luke Davies in Sydney. The court heard that Lamarre-Condon pressured the friend into sending fake messages about his illness to explain his strange behaviour.Key Facts
- Beau Lamarre-Condon is accused of fatally shooting Jesse Baird and Luke Davies in Baird’s home on February 19, 2024.
- He faces two murder charges and one charge of aggravated break and enter and has pleaded not guilty.
- Lamarre-Condon and Baird had a brief relationship that ended after Lamarre-Condon checked and deleted messages from Baird’s phone.
- Lamarre-Condon asked a friend, Shae Davison, to help fake messages claiming he had cancer to explain his behaviour.
- The fake messages said Lamarre-Condon was diagnosed with a cancerous tumour and was on strong medications affecting his mood.
- Davison said Lamarre-Condon pressured and guilt-tripped her into sending the false messages from her Instagram account.
- The friend never went to the hospital with Lamarre-Condon and did not agree to the false hospital claim in the messages.
- Authorities say Lamarre-Condon planned the murders months in advance; his defence claims self-defence in the case.
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