Beau Lamarre-Condon denies making fake Grindr account for Jesse Baird, double murder trial hears
Summary
Former police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon denied making a fake Grindr account for Jesse Baird, a court heard during his double murder trial. He said he tried to check whether an email address linked to a man Baird had been seeing was active, but did not create or use an account in that man’s name.Key Facts
- Lamarre-Condon is accused of fatally shooting Jesse Baird and Luke Davies in Baird’s Sydney home on 19 February 2024.
- He has pleaded not guilty to two murder charges and one charge of aggravated break and enter.
- A friend previously testified that Lamarre-Condon made fake profiles of Baird on dating apps, including Grindr.
- Under cross-examination, Lamarre-Condon said it had never happened that he told a friend he made a fake Grindr account related to Baird.
- He told the court he attempted to use an email address he believed belonged to a man Baird had been seeing to check if it was active on the app.
- Lamarre-Condon said he could not confirm the email address was that man’s and had seen it on social media.
- The trial is being heard in the New South Wales Supreme Court before Justice Natalie Adams.
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