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Jesse Baird and Luke Davies

NSW Supreme Court trial over the alleged killings of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies in Sydney.

On trial · allegations
last updated 11 October 2026 · 8 sources
Confirmed facts
13
Open questions
4
Stage
On trial
Latest source
10 Oct 2026
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Case file Jesse Baird and Luke Davies, reference D C zero two zero six. According to ABC News, the Crown alleges Jesse Baird, twenty-six, and Luke Davies, twenty-nine, were shot with Beau Lamarre-Condon’s police service pistol at Baird’s Paddington home on nineteen February twenty twenty-four; those allegations are being contested at trial. The Guardian and AAP reported that jurors heard audio of a triple-zero call from Davies’s phone, and that the prosecution and defence gave different accounts of how it fit the events at the house. AP reported Lamarre-Condon was charged on twenty-three February twenty twenty-four with the murders of Baird and Davies; the charges remain unproven allegations unless and until a verdict is reached. ABC News reported the NSW Supreme Court has heard the bodies were found inside surfboard bags at a rural Bungonia site near a monastery. ABC News reported that, on the first day of trial, Lamarre-Condon pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder and one count of aggravated break and enter. The file’s open questions include what findings the jury will make, how the court will resolve disputed accounts, and what weight jurors will give to rental-car, CCTV, GPS, phone, search and exhibit evidence. This has been an automated reading of case file D C zero two zero six at developing case dot com. Every fact you heard names a public source.

Timeline of what's confirmed13 entries
27 January 2024
Senior constable Alex Scobie told the NSW Supreme Court that Beau Lamarre-Condon asked her whether switched-off phones and hire cars could be tracked and said he was not doing anything illegal.
The Guardian
18 February 2024
CCTV shown to the NSW Supreme Court jury showed Lamarre-Condon's mother hiring a Mazda CX-5 while he waited outside, according to prosecutor Brett Hatfield SC.
The Guardian/AAP
19 February 2024
The Crown alleges Jesse Baird, 26, and Luke Davies, 29, were shot with Lamarre-Condon's police service pistol at Baird's Paddington home; those allegations are being contested at trial.
ABC News
19 February 2024
Audio of a triple-zero call made from Davies's phone was played to the jury; the prosecution and defence gave different accounts of how that call fit into the events at the house.
The Guardian/AAP
19 February 2024
CCTV played to the jury showed Lamarre-Condon arriving at an Avis car rental depot at about 9pm and leaving in a Toyota HiAce van, according to the prosecutor.
The Guardian/AAP
19 February 2024
GPS data from the Toyota HiAce showed it parked near the rear roller door of Baird's Paddington home at about 11pm, prosecutor Brett Hatfield SC told the jury.
The Guardian/AAP
22 February 2024
Baird's housemate told the court that by 22 February the surfboards in the courtyard had been cleared and the liquid she had seen was gone.
The Guardian
23 February 2024
Beau Lamarre-Condon was charged with the murders of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies; the charges are unproven allegations unless and until a verdict is reached.
AP
27 February 2024
The bodies of Baird and Davies were found inside surfboard bags at a rural Bungonia site near a monastery, the NSW Supreme Court has heard.
ABC News
21 September 2026
On the first day of his NSW Supreme Court trial, Lamarre-Condon pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder and one count of aggravated break and enter.
ABC News
22 September 2026
Defence counsel John Stratton SC told jurors that Lamarre-Condon would argue self-defence and urged them not to reach conclusions before hearing all the evidence.
ABC News
7 October 2026
A senior police officer described to the jury the search at Bungonia and the discovery of two surfboard bags at the rural site.
ABC News
9 October 2026
Jurors were shown photographs of exhibits from the Bungonia site, including high-visibility clothing, a helmet, white bloodstained overalls and a rental car card bearing the name Beau L-C.
ABC News
Open questionsunconfirmed · not conclusions
What findings will the jury make after hearing all evidence?unconfirmed; trial ongoing · unconfirmed
How will the court resolve the prosecution and defence accounts of the shootings?unconfirmed; disputed at trial · unconfirmed
What weight will jurors give to the rental-car, CCTV, GPS and phone evidence?unconfirmed; evidence under consideration · unconfirmed
What conclusions will jurors draw from the Bungonia search and exhibit evidence?unconfirmed; evidence under consideration · unconfirmed
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