In a Sydney courtroom, the trial of a former police officer accused of murdering two young men has turned on a piece of quiet, damning footage: a man in a sporting goods store, holding a bag against a friend's body, measuring it. The case against Beau Lamarre-Condon, 31, rests on the prosecution's claim that obsession can calcify into planning, and that planning leaves traces — in cash receipts, in CCTV timestamps, in the sound of three gunshots caught on a neighbour's audio device. Jesse Baird and Luke Davies, both in their twenties, were allegedly shot at Baird's Paddington home in February
Ex-cop allegedly sized surfboard bag before murdering Sydney couple, court hears
Two men, Jesse Baird (26) and Luke Davies (29), were allegedly fatally shot and their bodies concealed in surfboard bags.