New evidence presented at the trial of Beau Lamarre-Condon has provided graphic insight into the final moments of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies, two men fatally shot in Baird’s Paddington home on February 19, 2024. Lamarre-Condon, 31, a police officer, faces two counts of murder and one charge of aggravated break and enter. He has pleaded not guilty, asserting the shootings occurred in self-defense.

On Tuesday, prosecutors revealed crime scene photographs depicting the aftermath inside the eastern suburbs terrace house where the killings occurred. Luminol testing, a technique used to detect traces of blood, illuminated stains in several rooms including Baird’s bedroom, the back courtyard, and a bathroom. Under the trapdoor in Baird’s bedroom floor, investigators found a bloodstained tarpaulin.

A key piece of evidence included an image of a bent and bloodied bullet fragment that crime scene officer Bronwyn Lansley explained had passed through a source of blood before penetrating the wooden floorboards. Additionally, a bullet hole discovered in Baird’s bedroom door was shown to the court; it had remained concealed until July after being patched and obscured by a mounting hook. Forensic analysis of stippling marks on the door indicated that the firearm had been discharged without any material interrupting the shot.

Prosecutors allege Lamarre-Condon attempted to clean the crime scene immediately following the shootings. They presented more than 100 photographs of bloodied items retrieved from a skip bin at Cronulla Bowls Club, including a white T-shirt, jewelry, and a bloodstained bedsheet. Items connected to Baird and Davies’s lives surfaced among the bin’s contents: pieces of a uniform used during AFL goal umpiring, still in their packaging, and a wallet containing Davies’s Qantas identification card.

Lansley further testified that a bloodied shoe print on the hem of a discarded hoodie matched black Adidas sneakers found near the monastery in Bungonia where the victims’ bodies were located. Photographs of the van allegedly used to transport the bodies were also shown, with forensic tests detecting blood on the rear bumper’s underside.

Defence counsel John Stratton SC argued during his opening statement that Lamarre-Condon acted in self-defense during violent confrontations with Baird and Davies and that the officer began cleaning the scene out of panic. The trial, presided over by Justice Natalie Adams, is ongoing.