Lamarre-Condon spent a fifth day in the witness box defending himself against allegations of fabricating online personas. While refuting claims that he created profiles for his former partner, he acknowledged testing an email linked to a man Baird was dating to confirm the pair's exclusivity. Crown prosecutor Brett Hatfield pressed the defendant on whether he had manufactured that email himself after spotting it on social media.
Key points
The defendant denied ever operating or creating a fake dating profile under the identity…: The defendant denied ever operating or creating a fake dating profile under the identity of Jesse Baird.
Prosecutors challenged the origins of an email address Lamarre-Condon claimed to have dis…: Prosecutors challenged the origins of an email address Lamarre-Condon claimed to have discovered on social media.
The former officer stands accused of using his police service weapon to kill Jesse Baird…: The former officer stands accused of using his police service weapon to kill Jesse Baird and Luke Davies.
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Beau Lamarre-Condon has denied making a fake dating app account of Jesse Baird after their breakup, a court has heard.
The former police officer is accused of fatally shooting Baird and his new partner, Luke Davies, with his police service weapon in Baird’s Paddington home in Sydney on 19 February 2024.
He has pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder and one charge of aggravated break and enter.
Earlier during his double murder trial at the NSW supreme court, a friend of Lamarre-Condon’s gave evidence that he had made fake profiles of Baird on apps like Grindr.
Sitting in the witness box for the fifth day, Lamarre-Condon was asked whether he told a friend he had made a fake Grindr account in relation to Baird, after one of the former officer’s friends earlier gave evidence about the matter.
Under cross-examination from crown prosecutor Brett Hatfield SC on Wednesday, Lamarre-Condon said that had “never happened”.
Lamarre-Condon told the court that after his break up with Baird, he had tried to create a fake account for a man the presenter had…
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