Lamarre-Condon’s text to TV presenter before alleged home invasion

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The former NSW police officer has told a court he was invited to Jesse Baird’s home in the months before his death. Prosecutors allege it was a break-in.

A text message accused killer Beau Lamarre-Condon sent Jesse Baird in the hours before prosecutors allege he broke into the TV presenter’s Paddington home has been revealed in his double murder trial.

The former NSW police officer has pleaded not guilty to murdering Baird, 26, a former Network Ten producer and presenter, and Luke Davies, 29, a Qantas flight attendant, on February 19, 2024.

He has also pleaded not guilty to breaking into Baird’s home six months earlier, on August 17, 2023, and stealing his mobile phone and wallet.

Lamarre-Condon has told the NSW Supreme Court that Baird had invited him to stay at his place on the night of the alleged home invasion, and that he used a key that Baird had left out for him.

During his cross-examination on Wednesday, the accused was shown a screenshot of his text messages with Baird hours before the alleged break-in.

Baird had replied that day to an earlier message from Lamarre-Condon but had not engaged with his suggestion of a catch-up.

Lamarre-Condon replied: “Haha I’ll take that as a no to doing the catch up then.” It was followed by a crying laughing emoji and smiley face emoji.

The court heard that Lamarre-Condon had sent a screenshot of that exchange to a friend the day after the alleged break-in.

Crown prosecutor Brett Hatfield, SC, put to the accused: “You took it as a no. There was no invitation at all [from Baird], was there?”

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