Lamarre-Condon pressed on 'lies' as prosecutor claims 'murder plain and simple'

In a fiery end to his cross-examination, former police officer and accused double murderer Beau Lamarre-Condon has denied the deaths of his former love interest and his new partner were "murder plain and simple".Mr Lamarre-Condon has pleaded not guilty to murdering his former partner Jesse Baird and Mr Baird's new boyfriend Luke Davies at a Paddington terrace home on February 19, 2024.He maintains both men died during separate struggles over Mr Lamarre-Condon's police pistol.On Friday, prosecutor Brett Hatfield SC repeatedly pushed Mr Lamarre-Condon on his account of how Mr Baird and Mr Davies died inside the home.Multiple times, Mr Hatfield suggested the former police officer "executed" Mr Baird as he put to Mr Lamarre-Condon in forensic detail the alternative versions of events.Mr Hatfield went step-by-step through the inconsistencies in Mr Lamarre-Condon's explanations to the jury in finishing a tense cross-examination on Friday afternoon."You murdered Jesse Baird didn't you?" Mr Hatfield asked."I did not," Mr Lamarre-Condon answered."What you did was totally inconsistent with manslaughter. It was murder plain and simple," Mr Hatfield said,"It was not," Mr Lamarre-Condon replied."You then murdered Luke Davies to eliminate him as a witness," Mr Hatfield then said."I did not," Mr Lamarre-Condon again replied.'I know exactly how to do it'The afternoon's evidence began with Mr Hatfield asking about the location of a knife Mr Lamarre-Condon said Mr Baird pulled on him inside the home.The prosecutor claimed "this was a lie"."You just made that up after seeing it in the brief didn't you?" Mr Hatfield asked.Luke Davies and Jesse Baird died inside a Paddington terrace on February 19, 2024. (Instagram)In another exchange, Mr Hatfield said the accused double murderer wanted "to make it look like [Jesse] disappeared".The prosecution claims Mr Lamarre-Condon then used Mr Baird's phone to message the TV presenter's housemates that he was going to Perth that day.Mr Lamarre-Condon, when asked, denied his actions after the shooting showed that he was trying to cover up a double murder."I would have two stolen cars and a firearm that is not linked to me," Mr Lamarre-Condon said."I know exactly how to do it [get away with murder] I work with youth gangs."Mr Lamarre-Condon stated to the jury several times Luke Davies died during a second struggle in the hallway after being pushed by the prosecutor that he was shot through a bedroom door while calling police.When taken to messages Mr Lamarre-Condon sent to friends the day the couple were killed, the former police officer denied they showed he was planning a murder.In one he told a friend he "valued your friendship" and that he was deleting his social media.He argued they were about his mental health struggles and contemplations of committing suicide."We're not talking about 'this is great I'm about to go and commit a murder allegedly'," he said."This is clearly not me going 'yay im going to commit a murder and we'll have a glass of wine and laugh about it'."Asked about his actions after the alleged murders, including a trip to a sushi restaurant with a younger man who wanted to join the police, Mr Lamarre-Condon said he was "trying to make things appear normal".Mr Hatfield said Mr Lamarre-Condon appeared in security vision to be laughing at the lunch and also bought a chicken burger and a frappe after the murder."I'm not laughing at anything happening you can see my hands are on my head," Mr Lamarre-Condon replied.The 21-year-old friend at the sushi restaurant, the prosecutor said, was an "immature young man" who looked up to Mr Lamarre-Condon.Mr Lamarre-Condon claims it was that young man who gave him advice about how to dispose of the bodies."Mr Lamarre is that seriously your evidence?," Mr Hatfield said, after telling him he was a police officer who had experience of investigating dozens of crime scenes.Asked whether he was going to use a chainsaw to dismember the bodies, Mr Lamarre-Condon said: "No. Not ever."He denied a suggestion he was willing to do "terrible things to the bodies" to "save yourself".Earlier on Friday, Mr Lamarre-Condon denied accusations his movements and conversations with friends in February 2024 are evidence he was preparing to kill Mr Baird.Mr Hatfield put to Mr Lamarre-Condon that Mr Baird had been on his mind in January."No I disagree. He only came up in conversations when I was asked, or general conversations about past relationships," he said.The Crown said Mr Lamarre-Condon told a friend how he "couldn't help myself" when previously breaking into Mr Baird's phone to unfollow a man on Mr Baird's Instagram."Yes I said I unlocked his phone, and yes I said the things she stated, yes," he said.Mr Lamarre-Condon said he did not know of Luke Davies prior to the alleged murders."I have never been aware of Jesse and Luke … until after the incident," he said."Prior to this date, I was never aware, I had never seen anything on social media."Mr Hatfield put to Mr Lamarre-Condon that he was still angry with Mr Baird."You're still angry with him rejecting you aren't you?" he claimed."I am not," the accused responded.Mr Lamarre-Condon and Mr Baird were in a brief, casual relationship previously. (Instagram)Bob Ballard 'burner phone'On January 15, 2024, Mr Lamarre-Condon purchased an Amaysim sim card under the false name Bob Ballard to use in what the Crown described as a "burner phone".Mr Lamarre-Condon disagreed with the second phone description.He said he had ordered the sim card with the plan to contact media with allegations of workplace bullying in the police force."It had nothing to do with Jesse Baird," Mr Lamarre-Condon said of obtaining the sim card.The Crown suggested Mr Lamarre-Condon's reasoning was false.Mr Lamarre-Condon has pleaded not guilty to murdering Mr Baird and Mr Davies. (ABC News: Sharon Gordon)The weekend of January 26, 2024, the former police officer started using the sim card."You were thinking about murdering Jesse Baird around this weekend weren't you," prosecutor Brett Hatfield SC said to Mr Lamarre-Condon."I never thought about murdering Jesse Baird, no," the accused replied.He said he used the sim card to contact people on encrypted messaging app Signal.The court was shown a call log, which recorded Mr Lamarre-Condon having contacted a man whose Bungonia family farm was the location Mr Baird and Mr Davies's bodies were taken to.He said the purpose of the call was to catch up, but when he tried contacting the man, he did not receive a reply.The accused denied he was calling the man to ask about the farm.Crown prosecutor Brett Hatfield (right) cross-examined the accused in court this week. (ABC News: Monish Nand)Purchases before alleged murdersOn January 23, 2024, Mr Lamarre-Condon hired a car from Hertz in his own name.In late January, he asked a friend if hired cars could be tracked.Mr Lamarre-Condon said he was asking in regards to "dial-a-[drug] dealers" in his capacity as a police officer, and said it had nothing to do with him having a hire vehicle.Mr Lamarre-Condon was asked whether he was searching on Decathlon for what could be used as a "body bag" on February 2, 2024."I was looking at multiple things I wanted to buy, which was a chest press … I didn't type anything about a body bag," he said."I was 100 per cent not planning on murdering Jesse Baird."Mr Lamarre-Condon later used surfboard bags bought from a Decathlon store to transport the bodies of Mr Baird and Mr Davies.CCTV showed Mr Lamarre-Condon buying a surfboard bag with cash. (Supplied: NSW Supreme Court)On February 3, 2024, Mr Lamarre-Condon spent $60.52 at online retailer AliExpress.Mr Hatfield asked Mr Lamarre-Condon whether he purchased a motorcycle helmet from AliExpress.The Crown suggested the helmet formed part of Mr Lamarre-Condon's food delivery worker disguise used on the day of the alleged murders."I bought a laser hair removal kit, things for my swimwear line, for my business — but not a helmet," Mr Lamarre-Condon said.He previously said he took the helmet, jacket and gloves from a food delivery worker's motorbike before entering the Paddington house.Mr Lamarre-Condon was wearing a helmet as part of a food delivery driver outfit he says he found. (Supplied: NSW Supreme Court)Also in early February, the accused and a friend were involved in an acting class.Mr Hatfield: "Did you make a comment to her or ask a question, 'Would you help me hide a body?'"Mr Lamarre-Condon: "I made a very similar comment, a joking banter comment, yes … the joking banter was in line with the play [we were acting out]."Mr Hatfield: "Is it the case that you asked her that, because you planned to murder Jesse Baird?"Mr Lamarre-Condon: "Absolutely not. I have said comments like this hundreds and hundreds of times."The female friend was the second person Mr Lamarre-Condon tried to call after the alleged murders on February 19."Yes I called her. It was definitely not a plan to ask her to help me hide a body," he said.The trial continues.