Overview
- Coleen Lamarre, a 63-year-old former police member, has been charged with doing an act with intent to pervert the course of justice over allegations she tried to persuade a witness to give a false statement in her son’s case and has been granted bail.
- Prosecutors allege Beau Lamarre-Condon shot Jesse Baird and Luke Davies at a Paddington home in February 2024, bundled their bodies into surfboard bags and dumped them at a rural Bungonia property where they were found eight days later.
- Beau Lamarre-Condon, who joined NSW Police in 2019 and was sacked after surrendering, has pleaded not guilty to two counts of domestic violence-related murder and is due to stand trial in September 2026.
- The mother’s charge and recent bail add a new legal complication that could affect witness availability, prosecution planning and pre-trial proceedings when the case returns to court later this month.
- The case is one of the most high-profile criminal matters in New South Wales in recent years and prosecutors have signalled the trial may call hundreds of witnesses, placing heavy demands on court resources and on those tied to the victims and accused.