Beau Lamarre-Condon sent a voice message to his new South African boyfriend to say he was 'not feeling the best' and needed to 'get back into a positive mindset'.
The court heard the voice message was sent on February 20, 2024 - the day after he allegedly killed his ex-boyfriend Jesse Baird and Baird's new partner, Luke Davies.
The accused killer sent voice notes saying he was 'very sick' and had a day procedure in hospital.
The court previously heard Lamarre-Condon had a minor procedure at St Vincent's Hospital in Darlinghurst on February 21.
The voice message was read to the court. He said: 'Sorry I've been a bit MIA, I've been sick and I have this operation today so I'm a bit nervous about it... I always feel worried about having anaesthetic.
'I'm just not feeling the best... trying to get back into a positive mindset.'
Beau Lamarre-Condon has pleaded not guilty to two counts of domestic violence-related murder and one count of break and enter.
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Beau Lamarre-Condon cried while speaking with cops: 'I'm not that person'
The court heard Beau Lamarre-Condon initially declined to be interviewed by police after handing himself in, but eventually cried and started saying, 'I'm not that person'.
Lamarre-Condon went to Bondi Police Station of his own accord on February 23, 2024, and was arrested over the alleged murders of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies four days prior.
Lead detective Sasha Pinazza told the court that he refused a formal interview with police, saying he wanted to consult with his lawyer.
Police advised him to talk to his lawyer about the 'no body, no parole' laws in NSW, preventing a convicted killer from getting parole unless they disclose the location of the people they killed.
Lamarre-Condon said he'd never heard of that law.
At that stage, the bodies of Baird and Davies had not been located.
Detectives said to him: 'We have information that the bodies are in a dam on a farm near Goulburn.'
Lamarre-Condon said: 'Due to legal advice, I can't comment.'
Later that day, he asked to speak with detectives. When they entered the room, he was holding the police statement of facts and said part of it was incorrect.
The facts stated that he took an Uber from Baird's home in Paddington after the alleged murders. When speaking with detectives, he said that his Uber records would show that wasn't true.
Detectives explained the facts would change as new evidence was unearthed.
Ms Pinazza confirmed Lamarre-Condon 'spoke repeatedly about having an "outer-body" experience'.
He confirmed the bodies were not at a dam, but would not say anything further.
Lamarre-Condon requested a private conversation with Ms Pinazza, but she would only agree to a conversation in an interview room with another detective.
He agreed. Once in the interview room, she said he 'started talking about mental health, triggers and claimed to have post-traumatic stress disorder'.
'He said he could not remember [the incident] and started talking about an outer-body experience.'
She said he spoke how, as a young police officer, he used to 'judge officers that went off with head noises'.
Ms Pinazza described him as 'crying and emotional', talked about other matters that 'messed me up' and how he believed that he was sent to work with Youth Command as 'punishment'.
'I don't want you to judge me, I'm not a bad person,' he told detectives.
On February 27, he requested a conversation with detectives while he was at Silverwater Correctional Facility.
He apologised for the delay in contacting them and explained that he really did want to assist, he just needed legal advice first.
Lamarre-Condon then spoke with his lawyer and decided to help with the location of the bodies, the court heard.
He told police, in detail, the route he went to Bungonia. Detectives located a Greek monastery in an online map and phoned on-scene search teams to go to that location.
They found the bodies of Baird and Davies at about 1pm that day.
'The accused was emotional and [said] that he was not a bad person and continued to recite an outer-body experience,' the court was told.
Lamarre-Condon told Ms Pinazza that he did not recall speaking with her at the police station on February 23, but he remembered her face.
Ms Pinazza told the court Lamarre-Condon 'engaged easily' in conversation' and was 'upset about the police force being excluded from the Mardi Gras parade'.
'The accused expressed hope that he would be able to one day talk to Jesse and Luke's families.'
'He was emotional and stated, "I'm not that person". Ms Pinazza said she did not detect any signs of psychosis.
Judge told jurors about the Melbourne Cup results
Before court concluded on Tuesday, Justice Natalie Adams told the jury about the Melbourne Cup results.
'It's only right to tell you that a horse named Point of Law won the Melbourne Cup today,' she said.
'When I was a young solicitor, we used to adjourn before the Melbourne Cup because it was thought that jurors would not be able to concentrate while the Melbourne Cup was on.
'How times have changed.' Court will not sit on Wednesday.
The prosecution's case will conclude on Thursday.
Lamarre-Condon's deleted web searches, photos and notes uncovered in a chilling report
A phone extraction expert has told the court that Beau Lamarre-Condon's phone contained a raft of deleted notes and web searches.
Detective Senior Constable Jennifer Clissold told the court that police downloaded the contents of Lamarre-Condon's phone and generated a report, known as a Cellebrite report.
The court heard the report showed Lamarre-Condon had been researching ways to view blocked Instagram accounts.
He had also found a website which gave him access to Jesse Baird's Instagram videos, and he used another site that showed him who had unfollowed him on social media.
The report also uncovered images of Lamarre-Condon posing with a surfboard in Bali over New Year's Eve in 2023/24.
Ms Clissold said there were photos of Lamarre-Condon holding the board and footage of him walking into the surf, but no photos or images of him actually surfing.
The court previously heard that Lamarre-Condon told a friend that he gave Jesse Baird a surfboard, and that he bought a surfboard cover later in February because he wanted to retrieve the board.
The friend, who went to Bali with Lamarre-Condon, said he didn't think Lamarre-Condon was a surfer and asked why they didn't go surfing together.
Lamarre-Condon assured him that he was a surfer, he just didn't want to go surfing in Bali.
A report was also generated from Jesse Baird's old phone.
Ms Clissold told the court there was only one reference to surfing - he told a friend that he wanted to rent a board and wetsuit in Bondi. There was no evidence that Baird owned a surfboard at any stage.
Lamarre-Condon is accused of shoving the bodies of Baird and Davies into two surfboard bags and dumping them in Bungonia, about 200km south of Sydney.
The report from Lamarre-Condon's phone also showed that he deleted a series of web searches.
One deleted search showed that he researched buying legal fireworks in Canberra on February 6 - about two weeks before the alleged double murder.
Previously, the court heard that Lamarre-Condon asked his police officer friend whether cops would attend a scene following reports of gunshots if there were also fireworks going off.
The friend said police likely wouldn't attend a 'shots fired' report if they knew fireworks were going off in the same area.
On February 13, he watched a video on the Bunnings YouTube page called 'how to mix concrete - DIY'.
The court previously heard Lamarre-Condon tried to sink the bodies of Baird and Davies using concrete that he bought from Bunnings.
Lamarre-Condon has claimed he wanted to go to police about the deaths of Baird and Davies, but his childhood friend - known as Elizabeth Kennedy for legal reasons - convinced him not to.
He claimed that he told Ms Kennedy about the alleged murders when he saw her on February 21, and they talked about where to dump the bodies.
According to Lamarre-Condon, Ms Kennedy suggested a national park, and he suggested Bungonia. He said she knew they were driving to dump bodies and that she willingly helped him.
Ms Kennedy told the court she didn't know Baird was dead, or that she was in the car with two dead bodies, or that Lamarre-Condon was driving her to Bungonia.
The Cellebrite report uncovered a deleted note in Lamarre-Condon's phone.
The note was dated February 20, 2024 - the day after the alleged murders, and the day before he saw Ms Kennedy It read: 'Bun. Gonia. 64.'
The note was copied on February 21 and intentionally deleted.
Days after he allegedly killed two people, Lamarre-Condon wanted to 'get back into a positive mindset' before going on a date with his new boyfriend
Beau Lamarre-Condon sent a voice message to his new South African boyfriend to say he was 'not feeling the best' and needed to 'get back into a positive mindset'.
The court heard the voice message was sent on February 20, 2024 - the day after he allegedly killed his ex-boyfriend Jesse Baird and Baird's new partner, Luke Davies.
Lamarre-Condon's new boyfriend's statement was read to the court before lunch on Tuesday.
According to the statement, they were regularly seeing each other after their first date on February 3.
In one voice message, which was not dated, Lamarre-Condon could be heard saying: 'Now that I know that you don't mind me coming over, we are definitely going to be having cuddles and a sleepover soon.
'I'd invite you over here, but my mother lives here.'
On February 18, the day before the alleged murders, Lamarre-Condon sent his new boyfriend a link to the same remote cabins he took Jesse Baird to, suggesting they should holiday there.
He said Lamarre-Condon didn't contact him much the following day, on February 19 - the day of the alleged murders - which was consistent with their communications to that point.
That night, Lamarre-Condon sent him a text at 11.59pm, saying: 'How was your Monday Mr? X.'
The boyfriend was asleep, so he replied the next day, saying his Monday was 'good', and asking about Lamarre-Condon's day and whether he slept well.
On February 20, the day after the alleged murders, Lamarre-Condon sent him voice notes saying he was 'very sick' and had a day procedure in hospital.
The court previously heard Lamarre-Condon had a minor procedure at St Vincent's Hospital in Darlinghurst on February 21.
The voice message was read to the court. He said: 'Sorry I've been a bit MIA, I've been sick and I have this operation today so I'm a bit nervous about it ... I always feel worried about having anaesthetic.
'I'm just not feeling the best ... trying to get back into a positive mindset.'
He declined an invitation to a boat party because he wasn't feeling positive about his body.
'I haven't been to the gym this week, I have no intention of going to the gym this week, and I don't want to be on a boat full of gays,' he said in the voice message.
He then sent another message, saying 'Sorry, I don't want to sound like I'm whinging, I'm actually a pretty positive person, so it's the perfect weather [for a boat party] but I'm going to bed'.
Lamarre-Condon sent a third voice message on February 21 saying he was 'nervous' about his procedure but that he was 'keen' to go on another date soon.
'I have to get my health back up and back into the headspace,' he said.
Previously, the court heard Lamarre-Condon had his day procedure on February 21, before he drove the bodies of Baird and Davies to a rural property and dumped them by a fence.
The following day, Lamarre-Condon sent him another voicemail: 'Don't worry, I didn't block you, I have just shut down all my social media, I'm going to have a bit of a break, mentally.'
He said social media was 'addictive', so he 'temporarily deactivated' his accounts.
The boyfriend said he didn't hear from Lamarre-Condon again.
He first heard Baird's name on the news, before he received a call from Lamarre-Condon's friend about the alleged murders.
The man gave a statement to police. He does not use Hinge anymore.
Lamarre-Condon bragged about his 'high-end lifestyle' and 'A-list celebrity friends' to new date, days before alleged double murder
Over acai bowls in Bondi, Beau Lamarre-Condon (pictured with celebrities) told his new boyfriend that he lived a 'high-end life' and was friends with 'A-list celebrities', just days before he allegedly killed two people.
The court heard Lamarre-Condon matched with a South African man on the dating app Hinge in January 2024 and they went on their first date on February 3.
His statement was read to the court by Crown prosecutors before lunch on Tuesday.
In his statement, the man said they had coffee and acai bowls in Bondi when Lamarre-Condon told him he had seen the singer Pink at high-end cafe, Bills.
'He told me about the celebrities he's met and that he lives a high-end lifestyle,' the statement read.
'He did ask me about myself a bit, but he did speak mostly about himself ... He came across as nice, and it was impressive that he knew so many A-list celebrities.'
The court previously heard Lamarre-Condon had a hobby as a celebrity chaser.
He would either wait outside television studios for hours for celebrities to emerge, or he'd track them down around Sydney to get selfies with them.
In the statement, the man said Lamarre-Condon told him he had just come out of a 'situationship' with another man who was 26, but he didn't use Jesse Baird's name.
Their second date was in Bondi on February 6. They went to Bangkok Bites and had Messina ice cream for dessert, before Lamarre-Condon drove him to a lookout in North Bondi in his Tesla.
At the lookout, Lamarre-Condon told him there was a 'fireplace' setting on his Tesla, which meant a fireplace video played on the screen.
The man said Lamarre-Condon told him that he didn't want to activate the fireplace setting because 'the person he was in a situationship with still had his logins for the Tesla app and would be able to see'.
'He said he also needed to be careful about the music he played on Spotify because the other person was monitoring his Spotify.'
In his statement, the man said they started seeing each other about once a week, sometimes more.
On February 17, Lamarre-Condon invited him to a friend's birthday on a boat. They were 'standing against the railing of the boat and holding each other' when a man appeared to make a homophobic comment.
Lamarre-Condon went to find him 'to find out what his problem is'. When he returned, he said the man denied being homophobic.
Jesse Baird was supposed to start a new job on the day he was allegedly murdered - with employer receiving text a day after he died
Jesse Baird (pictured) was supposed to start a new job as an executive producer for a shark documentary on the day he died.
The Crown prosecutor read a statement by the owner of a television production company, Lana Thrupp.
Ms Thrupp said she advertised a producer position in early February 2024 and received an application from Baird.
She interviewed him over the phone and was 'very impressed' by his enthusiasm.
'I thought he was amazing, he seemed really keen and like a lovely person,' she said.
Baird was offered the job on February 13 and quickly sent his employment forms to Ms Thrupp.
He was due to start working from home on call sheets and location scouting on Monday, February 19 - the day he was allegedly murdered.
In her statement, Ms Thrupp said she sent Baird a number of emails between Monday and Tuesday, all of which went unanswered.
At 10.42am on Tuesday, she sent him a text: 'Hi Jesse, it's Lana, just checking you're working today, I sent you a few emails and I haven't heard back.'
She became concerned when calls to Baird's phone went straight to voicemail because he appeared to be very excited about the role and had earlier been responding quickly to emails.
Baird's mother was listed as his emergency contact on his employment forms.
Ms Thrupp had planned to call her until she received a reply from Baird's phone at 10.57pm on February 20 - the day after he died.
The text read: 'Hey Lana sorry to do this to you, but after a lot of thought, I think it would be best if I resign immediately.
'I'm sorry to do this to you but I need to focus on myself.'
Ms Thrupp asked him to delete correspondence about the television series and abandoned her plans to contact his mother.
She later found out Baird died on February 19 - the day he was supposed to start work.
Trial to resume at 10am, Crown's case will conclude
Beau Lamarre-Condon's murder trial was not heard on Monday.
The trial will resume at 10am on Tuesday.
Police technical expert Jonas O'Brien will finish his evidence, followed by the final witnesses for the Crown.
The prosecution is expected to conclude by the time court adjourns for the day on Tuesday afternoon.
Beau Lamarre-Condon's murder trial: Recap
Last week, Jesse Baird's (pictured with Luke Davies) phone records were shown to the court.
The records show the cell towers Baird's phone connected to in the hours before and after he was allegedly killed by Beau Lamarre-Condon on February 19, 2024.
Police technical expert Jonas O'Brien told the court Baird's phone connected to different towers as he slept on the night of February 18.
The following morning, around the time he died, Baird received texts and calls from a friend, which went unanswered.
Mr O'Brien said Baird's phone appeared to have been turned off after that.
Texts were sent to the phone, but they weren't received because the phone was off. One text was from the insurance company, Medibank.
He told the court the phone appeared to have been turned on and connected to a wifi network at about 4.45pm that day because the pending texts were delivered.
Texts from Auto General and Rafflesaint were received until about 6pm, when the phone was turned off again.
Other texts from Blue Glue, Rafflesaint and Vodafone were not received due to the phone being off.
On February 20, the phone was switched back on and hit a tower in the Paddington area, where Baird lived, but was then turned off again until about 11pm that night.
Baird's phone appeared to turn off permanently on February 21.
Luke Davies sent his final text message to Aussie Enterprise and Industry at about 9.12am on the day he died.
Davies' phone records were shown to the court on Friday afternoon.
About 50 minutes later, at 9.51am, he phoned NSW Police.
At that time, Beau Lamarre-Condon had allegedly broken into Baird's home in Paddington - where Davies was staying - and opened fire.
NSW Police tried to call him back, but the calls went to voicemail.
Davies received calls later that afternoon, including from someone in Bondi, but the phone appeared to have been turned off.
On February 20, Davies' mother Sandra tried to call him a number of times.
She never got through because the phone was off.
The court also heard from a former cop friend of Lamarre-Condon who said she was terrified he might 'kill me too' after he showed up at her house to scrub blood from a van.
The friend, known as Fiona Rosso for court reporting purposes, told the NSW Supreme Court last week that police officer Lamarre-Condon appeared at her house on February 22, 2024 - three days after he allegedly killed two people.
She alleged that he said: 'I've done something bad, I don't want to tell you, I don't want to incriminate you.'
Lamarre-Condon asked her to search Jesse Baird's name online.
She saw a number of articles about the disappearance of Baird, a television presenter, and his new Qantas flight attendant partner, Luke Davies.
Ms Rosso told the court that she followed Lamarre-Condon outside to a white van parked near her house. She said he started scrubbing blood from the interior.
She started looking up Baird's name again and saw that a police officer was a suspect.
'When reading the articles, I saw [the number for] Crime Stoppers and I just wanted to scream, "He's here! He's here!"' she told the court.
Ms Rosso sobbed as she told the court that she didn't know if she was 'part of the plan where he could now kill me too'.
'I didn't want to provoke Beau to hurt me.'
Justice Natalie Adams later told the jury that Ms Rosso feared for her life, but there was no evidence that Lamarre-Condon was ever going to harm her.
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