The mother of alleged killer cop Beau Lamarre-Condon has not applied for bail after being accused of attempting to influence a witness in her son’s upcoming double murder trial.
Coleen Lamarre, also a former NSW Police Force officer, was arrested at her Balmain home in Sydney’s inner-west about 11.15am on Wednesday and refused bail to appear in court on Thursday.
‘Homicide Squad detectives have charged a woman with allegedly attempting to influence a key witness to change their evidence in a high-profile double murder trial,’ police said in a statement.
The 63-year-old was taken to Day Street police station in the city and charged with ‘do act intending to pervert the course of justice’.
Lamarre did not appear when her case was mentioned before a virtual bail court on Thursday, when it was indicated she would make a release application next week.
She is being represented by solicitor John Walford, a former detective and prosecutor who acted for her son in the months after his arrest.
Mr Walford told the Daily Mail his client was ‘shell-shocked’ after being taken into custody.
‘Being an ex-police officer there’s obviously issues there but she’s very strong,” Mr Walford said.
Coleen Lamarre, the mother of alleged killer cop Beau Lamarre-Condon, has not applied for bail after being accused of attempting to influence a witness in her son’s upcoming double murder trial. Mother and son are pictured
Beau Lamarre-Condon (above) has pleaded not guilty to the two alleged shooting murders of his ex-boyfriend and his new lover two years ago
‘Our priority is to get her before the court next week and seek her release.’
Beau Lamarre-Condon was a senior constable when he allegedly shot dead Jesse Baird, 26, and Luke Davies, 29, at Paddington in Sydney’s eastern suburbs in February 2024.
The 30-year-old onetime celebrity chaser had reportedly briefly dated Mr Baird before the Network Ten identity began a relationship with Mr Davies.
The shootings were allegedly the culmination of a months-long campaign of ‘predatory behaviour’ targeting Mr Baird.
Lamarre-Condon has pleaded not guilty to each murder charge and is set to face trial in September.
The Daily Mail previously revealed Lamarre-Condon had asked the NSW Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (LECC) to send an investigator to monitor his trial.
Lamarre-Condon has publicly accused some police who investigated Mr Davies and Mr Baird’s deaths of ‘serious misconduct and corruption’.
Daily Mail understands Lamarre-Condon has indicated he intends to call 50 to 60 witnesses in his defence – most of them police officers.
Lamarre-Condon allegedly murdered television presenter Jesse Baird (right) and his Qantas flight attendant boyfriend Luke Davies (left) in February 2024
Lamarre-Condon has pleaded not guilty to breaking into Mr Baird’s Paddington house (above) and stealing his wallet and phone six months before he and Mr Davies were killed
Lamarre-Condon has had three legal teams since his arrest and is now being represented by lawyers including barrister John Stratton SC and solicitor Ben Archbold.
When Lamarre-Condon was arraigned in the Supreme Court on October 3, he took the opportunity to deliver an extraordinary speech via audio-visual link from jail.
Lamarre-Condon said he would ‘strongly oppose’ any move to have the court closed or evidence suppressed when he faced trial because ‘I want the public to know the actual truth of what happened’.
He then accused police who investigated Mr Davies and Mr Baird’s deaths of ‘serious misconduct and corruption’, in which the DPP had been ‘partly’ complicit.
‘The truth will always prevail and I will not be silenced,’ he said.
Justice Hamill told Lamarre-Condon he was represented by a ‘very capable solicitor’ and noted there would be a record of any negotiations which took place in the local court.
Lamarre-Condon was originally charged with two counts of murder, later amended to indicate they were alleged to be related to domestic violence.
He has also pleaded not guilty to aggravated break and enter with intent to commit a serious indictable offence.
Coleen Lamarre, the mother of accused killer cop Beau Lamarre-Condon, has been charged with perverting the course of justice ahead of her son’s murder trial. She is pictured
Lamarre-Condon allegedly dumped Mr Davies and Mr Baird’s bodies at Bungonia, about 180km south-west of Sydney. Police are pictured during the search for the men’s remains
That charge relates to an allegation Lamarre-Condon broke into Mr Baird’s Paddington house and stole his wallet and phone in August 2023, six months before he and Mr Davies were killed.
The court heard there were more than 200 witnesses in the brief of evidence but the Crown did not expect to call ‘anywhere near’ that number to give testimony.
Mr Stratton told the court he did not anticipate applying for the case to be heard by a judge alone, meaning it would go before a jury.
Lamarre-Condon, who joined the NSW Police Force in 2017, allegedly shot Mr Davies and Mr Baird with his Glock service pistol on February 19, 2024.
He then allegedly bundled their bodies into surfboard bags and dumped them at Bungonia, about 180km south-west of Sydney, where they were located on February 27.
A day before the bodies were found, Deputy Commissioner Dave Hudson revealed an alleged timeline of events leading up to and following the men’s deaths.
Mr Hudson said gunshots were heard coming from Mr Baird’s rented terrace house on the morning of February 19.
Coleen Lamarre, also a former NSW Police Force officer, was arrested at her Balmain home in Sydney ’s inner-west about 11.15am on Wednesday
Later that evening, Lamarre-Condon allegedly hired a Toyota HiAce van from Sydney Airport and on February 21, drove the vehicle to a property near the tiny town of Bungonia with a female companion.
Lamarre-Condon allegedly left the property about 4.30am and drove to Newcastle, where he asked a former policewoman if he could borrow a hose to clean the van.
Neither woman is accused of any wrongdoing, and the female ex-cop spoke to police when her suspicions were raised.
About 10.30am the next day, February 23, Lamarre-Condon walked into Bondi police station and was arrested.
The bodies of Mr Davies and Mr Baird were found several hours after detectives spoke with Lamarre-Condon in the Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre at Silverwater.
Lamarre-Condon was later transferred to a clandestine unit within Sydney’s Long Bay prison complex called the Special Purpose Centre which houses NSW’s most vulnerable inmates.
Before becoming a police officer, Lamarre-Condon ran a celebrity blog, posing in photos with visiting celebrities including Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez, Miley Cyrus, Harry Styles and Katy Perry.
Lamarre-Condon was sacked from the NSW Police Force in March 2024.
