Beau Lamarre-Condon jury hears Triple Zero call from day of alleged murders - ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation

A jury has been played the Triple Zero (000) call made from Luke Davies's phone on the day he and Jesse Baird were allegedly murdered by Beau Lamarre-Condon.

The lead investigator on the case told the court that police attempted to call back twice, but the calls went through to voicemail.

Mr Lamarre-Condon, a former police officer, has pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder.

A jury has been played a Triple Zero (000) call from the phone of Luke Davies on the morning he and his boyfriend, Jesse Baird, were allegedly murdered by then-police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon.

Mr Lamarre-Condon has pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder and is facing a three-month trial in the NSW Supreme Court.

The 31-year-old is accused of shooting the young couple in Mr Baird's Paddington terrace, in Sydney's east, on February 19, 2024, after developing what the Crown said was a jealous infatuation with Mr Baird.

Muffled audio of the short call was played twice to the jury on Friday, in which a male voice says "f*** off" almost immediately as the call is connected.

The lead investigator in the case, Detective Sasha Pinazza, told the court there were two attempts to call the number back, which were unsuccessful.

Loved ones in the public gallery wiped their eyes with tissues after hearing the call, and Mr Davies's voicemail message during the call backs.

Jesse Baird and Luke Davies at a concert shortly before they died. (Instagram)

In an opening address last week, Crown prosecutor Brett Hatfield SC told the jury it was the prosecution case that Mr Davies called Triple Zero.

The Crown alleges Mr Baird was shot twice in the kitchen, before Mr Davies was allegedly shot through a bedroom door, as he tried to call for help, because he was a witness to the alleged murder of Mr Baird.

Mr Lamarre-Condon's lawyers have raised an argument of self-defence and suggested it was their client who tried to call Triple Zero.

Defence counsel John Stratton SC has indicated it was Mr Lamarre-Condon's case that there were two separate struggles involving his police pistol that morning, first with Mr Baird, and he used a mobile phone to make the call before encountering Mr Davies.

The defence case is that Mr Davies's death was the result of the second struggle involving the gun.

Earlier on Friday, the jury heard from former NSW Police officer Ben Higginson, who recalled working a shift in The Domain with Mr Lamarre-Condon on February 18, 2024.

One conversation involved recent investigations and the case of Lilie James, who was murdered by Paul Thijssen and who police believed had used her phone afterwards.

Mr Higginson, who said that case was difficult for his colleagues, recalled Mr Lamarre-Condon asking whether Thijssen would have "got away with it" if he had not died by suicide.

"He thought Paul Thijssen was stupid for doing it on CCTV," Mr Higginson told the court.

Asked about the accused's demeanour throughout the conversation, he said it was "blasé".

CCTV shows Beau Lamarre-Condon in a gun room at Balmain Police Station a day before the killings. (Supplied: NSW Supreme Court)

Mr Higginson said the conversation also included police techniques for retrieving mobile phone records and locations, bank records, and how cash purchases can make things more difficult to trace and investigate.

He told the court he did not find the conversation out of the ordinary at the time, as police have many programs and avenues of investigation and are able to "educate each other".

Under cross-examination, he agreed that in his statement to police he said it was usual to discuss how to investigate and "provide examples of how evidence has assisted investigations".

The jury has also heard from another of Mr Baird's housemates at the time, who has been allocated the pseudonym Sarah King during the trial.

The court has heard Mr Baird was due to move out of the share house that week.

On the Crown's case, the alleged shootings occurred after Mr Baird's two housemates had left for work.

It was alleged Mr Lamarre-Condon stored the men's bodies in surfboard bags before returning to the Brown Street terrace later to move them.

On Thursday, jurors heard from the other housemate, known by the pseudonym Belinda Smith, who said she returned home in the afternoon and saw two surfboard bags in the courtyard with a red liquid on the ground.

A photo sent by Jesse Baird's housemate of two wrapped-up surfboard bags in the courtyard with a red liquid on the ground. (Supplied: NSW Supreme Court)

She told the court she thought the liquid was rust and water from outdoor furniture and sent a photograph to Ms King.

On Friday, Ms King said she had never seen surfboard bags or surfboards at the house before.

She said she "poked" either a surfboard bag or a tarpaulin that was on top of them.

"It just sounded like a tarp," Ms King said.

Mr Baird was due to move out of his share house, the trial hears. (Instagram)

She told the court she could not remember what day the surfboard bags and red stain had been removed.

The Crown's case is that Mr Lamarre-Condon immediately cleaned the property and made multiple trips to Bunnings for supplies.

On the defence case, he cleaned because he panicked considerably about the gravity of the situation and "how it might be perceived", according to Mr Stratton's defence opening address.

On Friday, the jury was played further compilations of CCTV from after the alleged murders.

They have previously heard Mr Lamarre-Condon purchased a surfboard bag from a sports store in a Westfield shopping centre in the days leading up to the alleged shooting.

The footage played on Friday included video of Mr Lamarre-Condon returning to the sports store and purchasing a second surfboard bag with cash.

The court heard he also bought a bucket, gloves, cleaning cloths, bleach, cable ties and rubbish bags that afternoon from a Bunnings store.

The bodies of Mr Baird and Mr Davies were ultimately found in rural Bungonia, south of Sydney, in surfboard bags eight days after the alleged murders, the court has heard.

The court has also released a video played to the jury on Thursday that Mr Lamarre-Condon sent his work friend, Alexandra Scobie, at some point in 2023.

In her evidence on Thursday, Ms Scobie was taken through various text messages with the accused throughout 2023 and early 2024, in which Mr Baird was frequently discussed.

He sent Ms Scobie an edited video, which showed parts of what the court heard was a country holiday with Mr Baird.

The footage shows the pair eating McDonalds, driving through rural areas, looking after a dog, and eating marshmallows at a campfire.

The Crown's case is that Mr Lamarre-Condon developed a jealous infatuation with Mr Baird after being romantically involved with him from 2022, which Mr Baird considered more casual.

The court has heard of two different apparent break-ups between Mr Baird and Mr Lamarre-Condon.

The first came in April 2023, when Mr Baird had told the accused he was not ready for a relationship.

The second was in November 2023, after Mr Baird realised Mr Lamarre-Condon was allegedly interfering with his phone and discovered a social media post that gave the impression they were together.

Mr Baird requested they part ways with no further contact, jurors have heard.