The jury in the double-murder trial of former police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon has examined secret recordings, posthumous communications and conflicting accounts as the high-profile Supreme Court proceedings entered their sixth week.

Mr Lamarre-Condon stands accused of murdering former television presenter Jesse Baird, 26, and flight attendant Luke Davies, 29, at a terrace home in Sydney’s inner east. The accused has pleaded not guilty to both counts of murder, maintaining that his actions were taken in self-defence.

Secret prison recordings before the jury

As proceedings stretched into a second month, the prosecution placed crucial elements of surveillance material before the jury. As reported by Guardian NSW politics, jurors were played covert audio captured during a prison visit between Mr Lamarre-Condon and an acquaintance following his arrest.

The recordings form a central pillar of the Crown’s case that the former officer sought to manage the narrative following the fatal shootings. Prosecutors contend that the discussions held in custody illuminate a calculated effort to conceal the truth, rather than the reaction of an individual who had acted purely to preserve his own life.

Witness testimonies detailed the sequence of communications immediately following the incident, including text messages purportedly sent posthumously from the victims' mobile devices. The Crown has argued that these electronic communications were fabricated by the accused to create a false impression that the victims were still alive and delay the discovery of the crime scene.

Defence argues self-defence against murder charges

Giving evidence in his own defence, Mr Lamarre-Condon told the court about his conduct and state of mind during and immediately following the fatal encounter. He told the jury that he had initially resolved to surrender himself and report the deaths to police without delay.

However, the former constable testified that a friend actively discouraged him from reporting the incident, instead urging him to dispose of the remains. The court has spent days examining these competing claims, scrutinising whether the subsequent concealment of the bodies was the product of panic or premeditated criminal intent.

Defence counsel has continued to press the self-defence argument, urging the jury to find that Mr Lamarre-Condon was reacting to an immediate, perceived lethal threat inside the residential terrace.

Digital trail and eventual surrender

The court has also reviewed the timeline leading up to the moment the accused formally handed himself in to detectives at a Sydney police station. Jurors observed security footage, phone records and vehicle tracking data chronicling the critical period between the fatal shots and his surrender.

According to evidence presented by the prosecution, investigators reconstructed vehicle movements and toll records that mapped the transportation of the victims' remains to a rural property outside Sydney before their eventual recovery.

Competing narratives as verdict nears

The twelve-member jury faces the task of unravelling starkly divergent accounts presented by the Crown and the defence over more than a month of dense testimonial and physical evidence.

While prosecutors argue that the killings constituted a deliberate and calculated double murder, the defence maintains that an unexpected confrontation escalated into an act of necessary self-protection. The trial continues before the Supreme Court, with closing addresses expected in the coming days.