Beau Lamarre-Condon’s friend tells court she drank champagne while he scrubbed van used to move bodies
Summary
A friend of Beau Lamarre-Condon told his murder trial that he arrived at her home after Jesse Baird and Luke Davies disappeared and scrubbed blood from his van while she sat nearby. Lamarre-Condon has pleaded not guilty to murdering the men in 2024 and says he acted in self-defence; prosecutors allege he planned the killings.Key Facts
- The friend, identified in court as Fiona Rosso, said Lamarre-Condon arrived unannounced and told her he had “done something bad.”
- Rosso testified that Lamarre-Condon asked her to look up schizophrenia and said he had experienced an out-of-body experience.
- She said she sat with a glass of champagne while he tried to scrub blood from the back of his van.
- Rosso told the jury that Lamarre-Condon said he had driven with another woman to dispose of the bodies in a dam.
- Baird and Davies, both in their 20s, were found at a rural property inside surfboard bags.
- Lamarre-Condon says he killed the men in self-defence after entering Baird’s home to retrieve his belongings.
- Prosecutors allege Lamarre-Condon killed Baird and then shot Davies to eliminate a witness.
- Prosecutors rejected Lamarre-Condon’s offer to plead guilty to Baird’s manslaughter; the trial is continuing in New South Wales Supreme Court.
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