26 Aug 2025

Former police officer pleads not guilty to murdering Sydney couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies

1:57 pm on 26 August 2025

By Jamie McKinnell, ABC

Luke Davies, 29, and his partner Jesse Baird, 26.

Luke Davies, 29, and Jesse Baird, 26. Photo: Supplied / Instagram

Former NSW Police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon has pleaded not guilty to murdering Sydney couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies.

The 30-year-old has been in custody since last February, when he was arrested after attending a Bondi police station following the pair's disappearance.

They were allegedly shot with a police-issued handgun in Mr Baird's home in Paddington, in the city's east, before their bodies were found the following week in surf bags at Bungonia, about 200 kilometres south.

As he appeared via a video link today, Mr Lamarre-Condon's lawyer entered pleas of not guilty to all charges - two counts of domestic violence-related murder and one of aggravated break and enter.

The pleas follow repeated delays in the case over the last 18 months.

The case has been committed for trial in the NSW Supreme Court, where there will be an arraignment in early October.

- This story was first published byABC

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