Chilling police bodycam footage has been shown to a jury in the double murder trial of Beau Lamarre-Condon, capturing crucial moments from the early stages of the investigation into the deaths of AFL umpire Jessie Baird and his partner Luke Davies.
The footage shows detectives arriving at Baird’s Paddington property two days after the men died in February 2024, where they discovered furniture at the front door, including a bed frame that forensics later found had blood on it.
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Inside the home, professional cleaners hired by Baird’s unsuspecting housemates were already at work, believing he had simply moved out.
“Hello, it’s just the police,” officers can be heard saying as they enter. “Hey, stop cleaning. We’re just now to clean this crime scene.”
The bodycam shows officers standing with the cleaners in the kitchen, near where the Crown alleges Baird was killed. A bullet casing was later found on top of the kitchen shelves.
Chilling police bodycam footage was shown in court. Credit: 7NEWS Beau Lamarre-Condon is accused of shooting Jesse Baird and Luke Davies. Credit: 7NEWS The footage also captures the rear courtyard where surfboard bags containing the victims’ bodies had been seen by housemates but were moved by Lamarre-Condon before detectives arrived.
Earlier that morning, police had been called to Cronulla after a greenskeeper discovered bin bags containing blood-soaked sheets.
“I opened one of the bags and removed a piece of brown clothing. It had red stains on it. It looked like dried blood to me,” greenskeeper Craig Scott told the court.
The bags contained Davies’ silver watch, Qantas card and driver’s licence.
The jury heard that while Baird’s room was empty, forensics found Davies’ blood inside.
Beau Lamarre-Condon (left) and Luke Davies and Jesse Baird (right). Credit: 7NEWS Lamarre-Condon’s defence maintains the two men died in an act of self-defence. Credit: 7NEWS The evidence challenges Lamarre-Condon’s version of events that Davies shot himself in a struggle in the hallway.
“Luke Davies’ blood was not found other than in bedroom one or items in bedroom one?” prosecutor Brett Hatfield asked.
“That is correct,” Senior Sargeant Bronwyn Lansley replied.
More than 200 photos of the scene were shown to the jury, including bloodstains on furniture and floorboards, and a bullet found under the kitchen floor.
Lamarre-Condon’s defence maintains the two men died in an act of self-defence.