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Duncan Murray

Taxpayer-backed defence for ex-cop on murder charges

Ex-cop Beaumont Lamarre-Condon's case has been delayed following a change of legal representation. (James Gourley/AAP PHOTOS)

Taxpayers will fund the defence of Beaumont Lamarre-Condon as his lawyers call for a forensic psychiatrist to assess the ex-police officer before he answers allegations he murdered two men.

The 29-year-old was charged with double murder after police found the bodies of Qantas flight attendant Luke Davies, 29, and TV presenter Jesse Baird, 26, in February.

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