Beau Lamarre-Condon tells jury he wanted to report deaths but friend encouraged him to dispose of bodies

Beau Lamarre-Condon has made his first statement to the court, after pleading not guilty to murdering Jesse Baird and Luke Davies. Illustration: Rocco Fazzari/AAP

Beau Lamarre-Condon has accused a friend of encouraging him to dispose of the bodies of two men “straight away”, despite him wanting to report the deaths to police, according to his first statement to his double murder trial.

Lamarre-Condon, 31, is accused of fatally shooting couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies with his police service weapon in Baird’s Paddington home on 19 February 2024.