A Sydney jury has heard voice recordings sent by former police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon to a dating app acquaintance hours after he allegedly murdered television presenter Jesse Baird and flight attendant Luke Davies.
In the audio files played before the NSW Supreme Court on Tuesday, the 29-year-old could be heard claiming he was attempting to recover his composure and regain a positive disposition in the immediate wake of the alleged double shooting. Guardian NSW politics reported that the digital messages were sent to a man the former senior constable had connected with online.
Audio played to Supreme Court jury
The trial, which has drawn intense scrutiny across the nation, centres on the fatal shooting of Mr Baird, 26, and Mr Davies, 29, inside a terrace house on Brown Street in Paddington in February.
Crown prosecutors allege Lamarre-Condon used his police-issued Glock service firearm to carry out the premeditated killings before embarking on a calculated, multi-day cover-up that spanned metropolitan Sydney and regional New South Wales.
As the Crown systematically pieces together the accused’s digital movements following the tragedy, the jury was presented with voice notes documenting mundane exchanges with a casual suitor at a time when investigators allege the victims were already dead.
'Not feeling the best': Messages sent from bed
According to the evidence tendered in court, Lamarre-Condon sent audio messages describing physical fatigue and low energy just one day after the fatal encounter inside the inner-east terrace.
“I’m in bed … not feeling the best,” Lamarre-Condon stated in one message played directly to the jury box.
In another recording, the former police officer told the recipient that he was deliberately “trying to get back into a positive mindset”, adopting a conversational and relaxed tone that stood in stark contrast to the violent events alleged by the prosecution.
The Crown contends that these communications demonstrate a striking degree of emotional detachment, as Lamarre-Condon pursued routine romantic banter and ordinary digital interactions while simultaneously arranging hire vehicles, purchasing commercial clean-up supplies, and planning the concealment of human remains.
Movements traced across Sydney after Paddington killings
The court has previously heard extensive evidence tracing the accused's complex movements across eastern Sydney and into the Southern Tablelands. The bodies of Mr Baird and Mr Davies were eventually located concealed inside surfboard bags on a remote rural property near Bungonia, days after their unexplained disappearance sparked an urgent cross-jurisdictional police operation.
Lamarre-Condon subsequently presented himself to Bondi police station, where he was formally arrested and charged with two counts of domestic violence-related murder.
The trial continues before the jury, with prosecutors expected to tender further telecommunications data, vehicle telemetry, and forensic pathology evidence as they seek to prove the former officer acted with lethal deliberation rather than diminished responsibility.