Day two of Lamarre-Condon’s evidence

By Michaela Whitbourn

Good morning 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.

Beau Lamarre-Condon (top left), and former Ten presenter Jesse Baird, 26, and Qantas flight attendant Luke Davies, 29.

The former NSW police officer has also pleaded not guilty to an aggravated charge of breaking into Baird’s home six months earlier on August 17, 2023, and stealing his mobile phone and wallet.

Lamarre-Condon started giving evidence on Thursday and returns to the witness box today.…