# Murder trial hears officer threw victim's phone off bridge

> Beau Lamarre-Condon admits destroying evidence after allegedly shooting Jesse Baird and Luke Davies in Sydney.
- Title: Murder trial hears officer threw victim's phone off bridge
- Summary: Beau Lamarre-Condon admits destroying evidence after allegedly shooting Jesse Baird and Luke Davies in Sydney.
- Keywords: beau lamarre-condon, jesse baird, luke davies, sydney, murder trial, police officer, evidence destruction, the Guardian
- Source: the Guardian — https://theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/nov/12/beau-lamarre-condon-jesse-baird-phone-murder-trial-ntwnfb
- Published: 2026-11-12T00:24:22+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: beau lamarre-condon, jesse baird, luke davies, sydney, murder trial, police officer, evidence destruction, news, world
## Officer admits destroying phone
Beau Lamarre-Condon told the New South Wales supreme court he threw Jesse Baird's phone off Tom Uglys Bridge near the Shire in Sydney's south after the alleged murders.

> I didn't want to have any evidence of Jesse's phone on me… I did throw it off the bridge
## Crown prosecutor presses on motive
Crown prosecutor Brett Hatfield SC put to Lamarre-Condon that he destroyed the phone to remove evidence that might incriminate him. Lamarre-Condon responded: Essentially, yes.

> you did [that to] destroy evidence on Jesse's phone that might incriminate you
## Trial continues over two murders
Lamarre-Condon, a former police officer, has pleaded not guilty to murdering Jesse Baird and Luke Davies on nineteen February twenty twenty-four in Baird's Paddington home. The trial before Justice Natalie Adams continues.
## Key takeaway

Former police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon admitted throwing Jesse Baird's phone off a bridge to destroy evidence in his murder trial, though he pleads not guilty to killing Baird and Luke Davies.