Beau Lamarre-Condon allegedly confessed to killing two men and solicited a friend’s assistance to dispose of their bodies shortly after the shootings, a court heard during his trial in Sydney. The double-murder trial centers on the February 19, 2024, deaths of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies in Paddington.

The friend, whose identity remains suppressed, testified that Lamarre-Condon arrived at his workplace soon after allegedly breaking into Baird’s home and fatally shooting both men. According to the testimony, Lamarre-Condon told him, “I’ve killed two people,” describing the experience as “out-of-body” and unreal. When asked how the shootings occurred, Lamarre-Condon reportedly mimicked firing a gun and said he shot Baird through the head in the kitchen and Davies through a bedroom door, explaining that Davies was not intended to be harmed but was killed after attempting to call the police.

Lamarre-Condon is accused of waiting outside Baird’s residence for three hours before entering once the housemates had left. Prosecutors say Baird was killed first, followed by Davies, who was unexpectedly present at the home.

The friend recounted that Lamarre-Condon appeared distressed and asked for help “cleaning up his mess,” which the friend refused. Later that day, Lamarre-Condon reportedly sent a message joking about “Oscar performance,” claiming the confession was not serious. When the friend pushed back, Lamarre-Condon admitted the killings were real but pleaded for secrecy.

The following day, the two men went to Cronulla for sushi. En route home, Lamarre-Condon indicated he needed to dispose of “bloody clothes.” They inspected a skip bin behind a local bowls club, which prosecutors allege Lamarre-Condon later used to discard items linked to the victims. The next morning, bloodied belongings were found in the bin by nearby residents, triggering a police investigation that led detectives to Baird’s home.

According to the friend, Lamarre-Condon told him he had packed the bodies in surfboard bags and planned to fill the bags with cement before dumping them in a body of water on a friend’s Goulburn property. Lamarre-Condon allegedly later said he attempted to sink the bodies but failed and indicated that a woman accompanied him on this unsuccessful disposal effort.

The friend also described an incident in early 2024 at the Royal National Park, south of Sydney, where Lamarre-Condon reportedly took his police-issued vest, Glock pistol, and radio out of his car and fired training bullets into the bush while testing the sound of the gunshot. Lamarre-Condon asked the friend if the gunshots were loud enough to be heard inside a house.

In addition, the friend testified that over the New Year period of 2023-24, while in Bali, Lamarre-Condon attempted to purchase a firearm silencer but did not find one.

While in custody, Lamarre-Condon allegedly asked the friend to alter his police statements, a request the friend declined.

Lamarre-Condon has pleaded not guilty to two counts of domestic violence-related murder, asserting he acted in self-defense, and one count of aggravated break and enter. The trial is ongoing.