Beau Lamarre-Condon used friend to help fake cancer diagnosis before alleged double murder, court told

Beau Lamarre-Condon, a 31-year-old former NSW police officer, has pleaded not guilty to murdering Jesse Baird, 26, and Luke Davies, 29. According to a Sydney court, Lamarre-Condon "guilt-tripped" a friend into helping him fake a cancer diagnosis to explain his erratic behaviour months before the alleged murders.

Lamarre-Condon is accused of fatally shooting Baird and Davies with a police service weapon in Baird's Paddington home on 19 February 2024.

The details were presented in a Sydney court, though further information is not available.

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