Beau Lamarre-Condon allegedly asked friend about hiding bodies

Pre-Trial Allegations and Court Testimony

Testifying before the jury, friend Georgia Cook detailed conversations she shared with Mr Lamarre-Condon following his first break-up with Mr Baird. The two men had previously dated from late 2022 until April 2023, and again from September to November 2023. Ms Cook told the court that the former officer asked her, “What would you do if I told you I killed somebody?” during an interaction after their initial separation.

“One of the first things he said was, ‘What would you do if I told you I killed somebody?’ and I just froze, and he said ‘Would you help me hide the body?’,” Ms Cook testified. According to the witness, when she refused, he laughed it off and remarked that he had not done that, but claimed he had broken into Mr Baird’s home. Ms Cook stated that Mr Lamarre-Condon later asked her what she would do with bodies if she committed a homicide, adding: “After I’d kill them, I would take their stuff, I would put it in a dumpster. I would take their bodies to bushland where nobody would ever find them.”

Surveillance Claims and House Break-In

Ms Cook told the jury that Mr Lamarre-Condon described watching Mr Baird through a back fence while wearing a black hoodie and using his mother’s car to avoid recognition. He allegedly watched Mr Baird engage in sexual activity with other men and observed him use a Polaroid camera that Mr Lamarre-Condon had previously purchased for him.

According to Ms Cook’s testimony, the former officer watched where Mr Baird left his keys before entering the Paddington residence. “Once Jesse and the friends had left … he went and got the key and unlocked the door, broke into the house,” Ms Cook said, adding that he stole the Polaroid camera and ate an Easter egg during the intrusion.

Fear and Delayed Police Disclosure

Ms Cook told the court that Mr Lamarre-Condon used her private medical diagnosis to ensure she maintained confidentiality regarding their conversations. She acknowledged that she did not report the remarks to authorities at the time, stating she felt intimidated. “I didn’t know what to think, I was really scared and I guess hearing a person of power in a police force, it kind of felt like I didn’t really have anywhere to go,” she said.

Under cross-examination by the defence legal team, Ms Cook conceded she maintained contact with the former officer via text messages and social media following the conversation, though she maintained that communication did not diminish her fear. She did not provide a formal statement to police until months later, after seeing news coverage of the February 2024 killings in Paddington.

“When someone says something that scary or shocking, it’s not something that leaves your mind. I remember it like it was yesterday,” Ms Cook told the jury. “After the news had come out I was scared, I didn’t know what to do with what I knew.”

The trial in the NSW Supreme Court continues as proceedings advance through witness testimonies and evidence evaluation.