Beau Lamarre-Condon, 31, accused of murdering Sydney couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies, is facing trial after evidence is heard about phone calls he made to friends following his arrest. Prosecutors say Lamarre-Condon, a former police officer, used his police service weapon in Baird’s Paddington home on 19 February 2024. He pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder and one charge of aggravated break and enter.

In separate accounts reported by outlets, court hears he told a friend “I love you” and that “not everything in the news is true” about a month after his arrest. Other testimony includes him asking a friend in Western Australia about posting a phone for disposal in water, and telling her he believed he had been “set up” after the disappearance of two men. The reports also describe the friend as someone Lamarre-Condon bonded with years earlier in Sydney.

Across the articles, the focus remains on alleged communications rather than on the underlying events of the murders, with outlets differing mainly in which call details they emphasize.