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Beau Lamarre-Condon told friend how he'd dispose of a body, court hears

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  • A friend of former police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon has told his double murder trial he once asked her if she would help hide a body.
  • Mr Lamarre-Condon's defence barrister argued the comments were something the friend "read in the media".
  • Georgia Cook on Monday continued her evidence in Mr Lamarre-Condon's double murder trial and said the conversation, in late May 2023, left her "really scared" and felt "surreal".
  • The Crown alleges Mr Lamarre-Condon developed an infatuation with Mr Baird after a brief romance in 2022 and parts of 2023, before Mr Baird told him in April 2023 that he was not ready for a relationship.
  • Recalling the conversation today, she said he asked her if she killed someone, what she would do with their body.

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A friend of former police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon has told his double murder trial he once asked her if she would help hide a body.

Giving evidence in the Supreme Court, Georgia Cook told the jury Mr Lamarre-Condon made the "surreal" comment months before Jesse Baird and Luke Davies were killed.

Mr Lamarre-Condon's defence barrister argued the comments were something the friend "read in the media".

A former friend of Beau Lamarre-Condon has told a jury that nine months before the alleged murders of a Sydney couple, he told her if he killed someone he would put their belongings in a dumpster and leave the body in bushland.

Georgia Cook on Monday continued her evidence in Mr Lamarre-Condon's double murder trial and said the conversation, in late May 2023, left her "really scared" and felt "surreal".

The 31-year-old is accused of shooting Jesse Baird and his new boyfriend, Luke Davies, with a service pistol at Mr Baird's Paddington home, in Sydney's east, in February 2024.

The Crown alleges Mr Lamarre-Condon developed an infatuation with Mr Baird after a brief romance in 2022 and parts of 2023, before Mr Baird told him in April 2023 that he was not ready for a relationship.

Ms Cook has told the jurors that while at dinner with the accused in May 2023, he asked her what she would do if he told her he killed someone, and whether she would help hide a body.

Recalling the conversation today, she said he asked her if she killed someone, what she would do with their body.

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  • ABC News Beau Lamarre-Condon told friend how he'd dispose of a body, court hears plain
  • The Guardian Australia Beau Lamarre-Condon told friend if he killed anyone he’d dump belongings in bin and take bodies to bushland, court hears plain

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Mundane Readneutralized from ABC News 5.6 4 82 -0.2 16.9

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