Beau Lamarre-Condon trial: prosecution begins cross-examination of double murder accused – as it happened

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• Beau Lamarre-Condon tells double murder trial shooting of Jesse Baird wasn’t intentional but ‘it was my fault’

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Lamarre-Condon tells the court he had seen what he assumed to be someone’s delivery motorcycle:

As soon as I saw that I had an idea … I saw a hi-vis hooded jacket, waterproof long pants and gloves.

This moment here … I wish that I didn’t do this … But I had the thought process that if I was to put on this helmet and outfit I could knock on Jesse’s door I would look like an UberEats driver without any verbal interaction with Jesse.

At the very least I would have had an AVO out against me … police don’t hesitate to put another police on an AVO … I was worried if I knocked on the door it would be perceived as harassment.

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