Former officer cried after surrendering over alleged murders of Baird and Davies

Former police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon cried to detectives after handing himself in over the alleged murders of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies, telling them, “I’m not a bad person” and asking not to be judged. His arrest and the testimony now being heard at trial matter because they provide details about the investigation and the victims’ lives shortly before their deaths.

A detective told the court that Lamarre-Condon said he could not remember the alleged incident and described an “out-of-body” experience; he later helped investigators narrow down a location near Bungonia, about 200 kilometres south of Sydney. Baird had been due to start a job producing a shark documentary on the day he was allegedly killed, and someone later sent a resignation text from his phone. Lamarre-Condon, 31, has pleaded not guilty to two counts of domestic violence-related murder and one count of break and enter.