Beau Lamarre-Condon asked friend to dispose of phone, trial hears
Lamarre-Condon asked a friend to destroy a phone and said he had been set up.
Beau Lamarre-Condon, 31, is accused of shooting the Sydney couple with his police service weapon. This happened in Baird's Paddington home on February 19, 2024.
Lamarre-Condon has pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder and aggravated break and enter. Court testimony from Stacey Parker, who lives in WA, revealed Lamarre-Condon contacted her on February 12.
He asked to switch to encrypted messaging. He called her the day after the alleged murders.
Lamarre-Condon told her he had stolen some police files about Covid. He asked her to turn on a phone for about 10 minutes so it would send a signal.
Then he asked her to throw it away 30 to 40 kilometres from her home. Two days later he rang again.
He told her detectives were searching for him. He said he had been set up over the missing men.
Messages sent from Baird's phone after his death suggested he was going on a trip to Perth. The defence claims both men were accidentally shot in separate self-defence struggles.
Why it mattersThe alleged phone disposal request is evidence that Lamarre-Condon tried to destroy evidence. This suggests he knew he was guilty.
AustraliaThe high-profile trial of an NSW police officer accused of murdering a prominent Sydney couple continues to draw national scrutiny into police accountability and criminal justice.
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