From the Guardian · · 1m
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.
In brief
Beau Lamarre-Condon admits destroying evidence after allegedly shooting Jesse Baird and Luke Davies in Sydney. 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. Originally…
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.
What it means
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.
