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Lamarre-Condon returns to the witness box

By Michaela Whitbourn

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Beau Lamarre-Condon’s criminal trial in the NSW Supreme Court in Sydney.

Lamarre-Condon, 31, has pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder over the deaths of Jesse Baird, 26, a former TV presenter, and Luke Davies, 29, a Qantas flight attendant, in Paddington on February 19, 2024. His case is that he acted in self-defence, the 15-person jury has been told.

The former NSW police officer started giving evidence on Thursday and returns to the witness box at 10am today for cross-examination by Crown prosecutor Brett Hatfield, SC.

Here are the key parts of his evidence on Friday:

Lamarre-Condon said he entered Baird’s Paddington share house through an open door on February 19, 2024, to collect some of his belongings – including a $25,000 Cartier ring and Casablanca shirts worth thousands – after their relationship ended in November 2023.…