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Psychiatric testing for cop accused of double slaying

A former police officer accused of murdering two people with his service weapon and dumping their bodies in surfboard bags will undergo psychiatric testing arranged by his lawyers.

Beaumont Lamarre-Condon was charged with two counts of murder after police found the bodies of Qantas flight attendant Luke Davies, 29, and TV presenter Jesse Baird, 26, in February.

The 29-year-old’s defence team are still waiting to view in-full an “extraordinary volume” of evidence compiled by prosecutors, his Legal Aid lawyer Alex Curnick told Sydney’s Downing Centre Local Court on Tuesday.

Ms Curnick asked for a brief of evidence to be delivered to the defence by February 11 ahead of her client undergoing testing by forensic psychiatrist Andrew Ellis in early March.

Lamarre-Condon’s mobile phone records had now been supplied to the defence, but his lawyers were still awaiting the phone records of others linked to the case, the court was told.

The records, known as a Cellebrite extraction, include location information, internet browsing history, text messages and call logs.

Lamarre-Condon is facing two counts of domestic violence-related murder and one count of break and enter with intent to commit an indictable offence.

Police allege the former senior constable shot the two men using his service weapon at Mr Baird’s inner-city home before attempting to dispose of their bodies.

The men’s remains 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.

The attack is alleged to have been premeditated after a months-long campaign of “predatory behaviour” targeting Mr Baird, who Lamarre-Condon briefly dated before the TV presenter began a relationship with Mr Davies.

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.

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.

The matter will return to court on March 20.

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