Source : Perth Now news
A police officer accused of two murders spent more than $2000 on cleaning products and sporting equipment to help him cover up his alleged victims’ deaths.
The trial of Beau Lamarre-Condon will continue on Wednesday as forensics experts continue to give evidence on how the 31-year-old allegedly killed his ex and their new partner.
The former senior constable has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Jesse Baird, 26, and Luke Davies, 29, in the former’s Sydney terrace in February 2024.
Receipts tendered in the trial shed some light on the lengths Lamarre-Condon went to clean the Paddington house and transport the bodies more than 200km to a rural monastery.
Between February 19, the day the two men were killed, and February 23, Lamarre-Condon made 10 transactions at four Bunnings stores totalling $1448.71.
A bucket and mop, disposable gloves, tape, cable ties, bleach and garbage bags were purchased by the officer in his first trip to the hardware store four hours after he allegedly murdered the two men.
Two days later, the senior constable paid nearly $60 for quick-set concrete he allegedly used to try to sink the two bodies in a dam.
He was unsuccessful and the bodies of the two men were found loosely covered with sticks and rocks outside a Greek Orthodox monastery in Bungonia.
Lamarre-Condon’s actions to clean the house did not show he intended to kill the two men, his barrister said in his opening statement.
“The conduct of the accused … (was) not the actions of a man who believed he was guilty of murder, but a man who panicked considerably,” John Stratton SC said.
Sporting goods were also part of the officer’s haul through three trips to Decathlon sporting stores.
Lamarre-Condon bought a surfboard bag with a friend two days before the shootings, a purchase captured on CCTV and played to the jury.
But the officer bought another surfboard bag in the hours after the two men died, an action prosecutors say indicates he was forced to adapt to the unplanned killing of Mr Davies.
On February 21, he travelled to a different Decathlon in Tempe and bought two stand-up paddleboard covers, worth $180 each, and two 10kg weights.
All up, the receipts tendered show Lamarre-Condon spent more than $2000 in the four days after the two men died.
The trial continues.
