{"id":49686,"date":"2025-10-03T11:51:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T11:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/former-police-officer-pleads-not-guilty-to-killing-ex-tv-reporter-and-his-partner-in-australia\/"},"modified":"2025-10-03T11:51:01","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T11:51:01","slug":"former-police-officer-pleads-not-guilty-to-killing-ex-tv-reporter-and-his-partner-in-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/former-police-officer-pleads-not-guilty-to-killing-ex-tv-reporter-and-his-partner-in-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"Former police officer pleads not guilty to killing ex-TV reporter and his partner in Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>A former police officer in Australia&#8217;s New South Wales state pleaded not guilty to murder Friday and told the court prosecutors had rejected his offer to plead guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter in the killings of his <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/jesse-baird-luke-davies-missing-beau-lamarre-condon-charged-murders\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">former boyfriend and the man&#8217;s partner<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/jesse-baird-luke-davies-bodies-found-officer-beau-lamarre-condon-alleged-killer-australia\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Beau Lamarra-Condon<\/a><\/span> is accused of using his service pistol to kill his ex, Jesse Baird, a 26-year-old former television reporter, and Luke Davies, a 29-year-old flight attendant, at Baird&#8217;s Sydney home in February 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Lamarra-Condon, 30 appeared in the New South Wales state Supreme Court by video link from prison. He began addressing the judge unprompted, saying he wanted a number of things recorded in the court transcript.<\/p>\n<p>Lamarra-Condon said he had offered to plead guilty to Baird&#8217;s manslaughter during a lower court hearing, but prosecutors had refused the offer.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/10\/03\/162e9517-b4b8-4428-b972-d131d56e3adc\/thumbnail\/620x435g8\/4aeafd17468dbd222a61824d8ecb20e7\/ap25276262534587.jpg#\" alt=\"Australia Double Killings \" height=\"435\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/10\/03\/162e9517-b4b8-4428-b972-d131d56e3adc\/thumbnail\/620x435g8\/4aeafd17468dbd222a61824d8ecb20e7\/ap25276262534587.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/10\/03\/162e9517-b4b8-4428-b972-d131d56e3adc\/thumbnail\/1240x870g8\/660fb354df65b10c3862e9e7eb57fa62\/ap25276262534587.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Police Constable Beau Lamarra-Condon participates in the annual Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade in Sydney, Australia, Feb. 29, 2020.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                James Gourley \/ AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He said he deserved a discount on any future sentence due to that early offer to plead guilty to the lesser charge. Murder carries a maximum of life imprisonment, while manslaughter carries a potential sentence of 25 years.<\/p>\n<p>Lamarra-Condon said he would oppose any prosecution applications to close the court to the public during his trial or to suppress any evidence from being published by media, saying he wanted the public to know the truth.<\/p>\n<p>He also said he wanted the public to know &#8220;the actual truth&#8221; and alleged &#8220;serious misconduct and corruption&#8221; by police investigators, claiming that prosecutors were &#8220;partly complicit in&#8221; the corruption, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2025-10-03\/beau-lamarre-condon-murder-accused-courtroom-outburst\/105848016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The truth will always prevail and I will not be silenced,&#8221; Lamarra-Condon told the judge. Audio of the outburst was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2025-10-03\/naus_beaucourtnr_0310\/105850082\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">released by the ABC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Peter Hamill said that if negotiations had taken place in a lower court to downgrade the charges, there would be a record in Lamarra-Condon&#8217;s court file.<\/p>\n<p>Hamill set Lamarra-Condon&#8217;s jury trial to begin on Sept. 21 next year.<\/p>\n<p>Police alleged the killings followed months of &#8220;predatory behavior&#8221; from Lamarra-Condon targeting Baird, who had jilted him.<\/p>\n<p>Lamarre-Condon became the first serving New South Wales police officer charged with murder in several decades after he was accused of shooting the couple at Baird&#8217;s home, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com.au\/national\/beau-lamarre-condon-court-outburst\/91e832d4-0660-455c-be41-7cef3ef5ac7f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">according to 9 News<\/a>.\u00a0 The bodies were bundled into surfboard bags and dumped at a rural property 124 miles from Sydney.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/10\/03\/f01ef466-22e8-463f-934b-f32dd8ac14d7\/thumbnail\/620x471g2\/cbf074445a594a801d37d6212ae12b88\/gettyimages-2065227584.jpg#\" alt=\"gettyimages-2065227584.jpg \" height=\"471\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/10\/03\/f01ef466-22e8-463f-934b-f32dd8ac14d7\/thumbnail\/620x471g2\/cbf074445a594a801d37d6212ae12b88\/gettyimages-2065227584.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/10\/03\/f01ef466-22e8-463f-934b-f32dd8ac14d7\/thumbnail\/1240x942g2\/d0645e352a5ac963d7c2063a85cb2b92\/gettyimages-2065227584.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Umpires pause in memory of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies during the Opening Round AFL match between Sydney Swans and Melbourne Demons at SCG, on March 07, 2024, in Sydney, Australia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Photo by Matt King\/AFL Photos\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After the bodies were found, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was among those who offered condolences to their family and friends, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-australia-68420791\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the BBC reported<\/a>. &#8220;They obviously were full of life&#8230; this is just a terrible incident,&#8221; he said, adding that it was a &#8220;tough day&#8221; for the LGBT community.<\/p>\n<p>The violence led to calls for police officers to be banned from marching in last year&#8217;s Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade, but a compromise allowed officers to march while not in uniform.<\/p>\n<p>Handgun possession is highly restricted in Australia. State police reviewed their gun handling procedures that allegedly enabled Lamarra-Condon to sign out a pistol while off duty.<\/p>\n<p>He joined the force in 2019 and had run a blog where he posted photos of himself with celebrities, including Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez, Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus and Harry Styles, according to 9 News.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/02\/27\/93f8d3f3-693f-48d7-9c02-c23690237978\/thumbnail\/620x413\/f7c081462e98703cc15484b24b088a6d\/ap24058186712809.jpg#\" alt=\"Australia Double Fatality \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/02\/27\/93f8d3f3-693f-48d7-9c02-c23690237978\/thumbnail\/620x413\/f7c081462e98703cc15484b24b088a6d\/ap24058186712809.jpg 1x, 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