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Ex-cop Beaumont Lamarre-Condon to answer allegations he murdered couple

A court is expected to be told whether former NSW police officer Beaumont Lamarre-Condon intends to fight allegations he killed two people, including a man he previously dated.

The 29-year-old is on Tuesday due to enter pleas to charges including two counts of murder after police found the bodies of Qantas flight attendant Luke Davies, 29, and TV presenter Jesse Baird, 26, in February.

Lamarre-Condon, whose case is due before Sydney’s Downing Centre Local Court, is alleged to have shot the men with his service weapon at Mr Baird’s inner-city home before attempting to dispose of their bodies.

Police allege the attack was premeditated after a months-long campaign of “predatory behaviour” targeting Mr Baird, who Lamarre-Condon briefly dated and was in a new relationship with Mr Davies.

The former senior constable is facing two counts of domestic violence-related murder, and one count of break and enter with intent to commit an indictable offence.

Suspicions were raised after possessions belonging to the men were found in a skip bin in the southern Sydney suburb of Cronulla, leading police to Mr Baird’s blood-smeared share house in Paddington.

The couple’s bodies were found on February 27 inside surfboard bags at the fence line of a rural property in Bungonia, near Goulburn, about 200km southwest of Sydney.

Lamarre-Condon was sacked by the NSW Police Force in mid-March.

He joined the force in 2019 and previously ran a celebrity blog, posing in photos with dozens of A-listers including Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez, Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus and Harry Styles.

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