Key events
Lamarre-Condon says he thought he would be ‘signing my own deathwish’ if he went to police
The accused says he was “guilty of manslaughter” over the death of Jesse Baird and knew the maximum sentence was 25 years in prison and was worried about what would happen to him in jail.
In my mind I was fearful that if I went to police, if I did the right thing I was signing my own death wish by potentially getting stabbed or killed in jail.
I genuinely believed if I was going to jail, I would be killed.
Not because of who I was as a person, but because of the uniform I wear.
Lamarre-Condon tells court about buying second surfboard cover
The former police officer said he was intending to buy suitcases or a sleeping bag but decided to buy another surfboard cover after the alleged murders because he knew he already had one.
‘I killed somebody’: Lamarre-Condon told friend he shot Jesse Baird
Lamarre-Condon arrived at a friend’s work and told him about the shootings, the jury heard.
“I said ‘I killed somebody’, referring to a singular person and I continued the conversation with him.
“I said the first shot got Jesse … went through the shoulder and out the door and the second shot went through the door … I never said anything about shooting Luke … I only told him about two shots going off related to Jesse Baird and Jesse Baird only.”
He then asked the friend to help him.
Lamarre-Condon says he had panic attack and ‘outer body experience’ after shootings
Lamarre-Condon says he had a panic attack in the aftermaths of the shootings.
This is when it felt like an outer [sic] body experience.
It was like I was floating above my body and looking down at myself from third person and everything around me just didn’t seem real.
[It was] like someone else watching myself.
I just remember coming in and out of my body like I was disassociated from my body and I could see myself hyperventilating.
He then went to the couch and “passed out” for an unknown period of time, the jury heard.
Lamarre-Condon tells the court he then moved the bodies:
I moved Jesse to the bedroom and I moved Luke further into the bedroom so I could shut the bedroom door.
Lamarre-Condon tells court he checked whether Baird was responsive
After Davies was shot, Lamarre-Condon says he tried to check on Baird and began having a panic attack:
I remember walking back over towards Jesse and trying to get him to get up by shouting: ‘Jesse please get up please, don’t you dare, please get up.’
The court resumes
Lamarre-Condon is continuing to give evidence as the court returns from a morning break.
Court briefly adjourns
The court has adjourned for a morning tea break. The trial is expected resume before midday.
‘It got Luke’: Lamarre-Condon tells court about moment Davies was shot
The former officer said police are trained to redirect gun muzzles when firearms are pointed at him.
I saw the gun, he was holding it with both hands I thought fuck he’s going to fire the gun and that’s where my police training kicked in.
My left hand would have grabbed Luke’s left wrist and turned it away … my other hand pushed against the foreman and then I pushed the pivot point of the left wrist away from me.
Asked by the defence lawyer whether the gun went off, Lamarre-Condon says:
Yes, during this motion. And it got Luke.
Lamarre-Condon claims he told Davies ‘I’m not here to hurt you’
He tells the court that as he dialled the emergency hotline to try get help for Baird, Lamarre-Condon looked up and saw Luke Davies, who he didn’t recognise at the time.
The accused claims Davies had picked up his gun:
“It was pointed towards me at my chest and he said ‘I’m going to fucking shoot you’,” he tells the court.
I had both my hands up in the air and was calling triple zero …
I started lowering my body towards the ground: I said, ‘Please don’t shoot me I’m not here to shoot you.’
I’m not a threat I’m not here to hurt you, that’s when he raised the gun towards my head and that’s when he said ‘Fuck off’.”
‘It was my fault’: Lamarre-Condon says he shot Baird
Lamarre-Condon tells the court he aimed for Baird’s right shoulder and discharged the firearm.
The two continued to struggle but the officer’s finger remained on the trigger, the jury heard.
They tripped over a storage box on the ground, which is when Lamarre-Condon “accidentally” discharged the gun, he tells the court:
It was my fault … I am guilty of manslaughter … But it wasn’t intentional.
I must be truthful and I must take responsibility that I’m responsible for his death but it wasn’t intentional.
Lamarre-Condon says Baird had ‘too much adrenaline’ and lunged at him with the knife
As police officers we are trained to shoot people at the centre of body mass … I had a split-second moment where I said drop the knife … It was just police mode now.
If I didn’t do that I was 110% going to have that knife driven into my throat.
And Jesse Baird was going to be sitting in my position today.
Lamarre-Condon tells court he saw Baird with knife and tape sealing storage boxes
Lamarre-Condon says he was still wearing the motorcycle helmet when Baird saw him.
He started yelling we’re getting robbed, we’re getting robbed … He couldn’t see it was me because the visor was down.
Lamarre-Condon tells court he was looking for his belongings
The accused claims Baird’s room was empty when he entered the home.
He tells the court he looked through some storage boxes in the bedroom in search of his clothes but couldn’t find them.
