Arabic version: لامار-كوندون ينفي ملاحقة جيسي بيرد

According to ABC News, Beau Lamarre-Condon has denied stalking Jesse Baird or trying to arrange encounters with him after their relationship ended. The former NSW Police officer has pleaded not guilty to murdering Mr Baird and Mr Baird’s new boyfriend, Luke Davies.

Mr Lamarre-Condon maintains the two men died after separate struggles over his police pistol inside Mr Baird’s Paddington share house on February 19, 2024. On his fourth day in the witness box, he said he had gone to the property to retrieve belongings after his casual romance with Mr Baird ended in November 2023.

Prosecutor Brett Hatfield SC suggested Mr Lamarre-Condon had been obsessed with Mr Baird from the beginning. Mr Lamarre-Condon said he was “smitten” but not obsessed, and said he liked Mr Baird for who he was rather than because he was a television presenter. He accepted that he sometimes felt insecure when Mr Baird was slow to reply to messages.

The court heard Mr Lamarre-Condon admitted accessing Mr Baird’s Instagram messages without consent during a March 2023 holiday and unfollowing two or three people from the account. He acknowledged this was a breach of Mr Baird’s privacy. He also said he later sent images of messages he found on Mr Baird’s phone to at least three friends for advice.

Mr Lamarre-Condon described the couple’s first break-up in April 2023 as “amicable”. He denied stalking Mr Baird, despite messages about hoping to run into him and evidence concerning Snapchat maps. When Mr Hatfield said the messages showed he had monitored Mr Baird’s location, Mr Lamarre-Condon replied: “I don’t agree.” The trial continues.