Police photos from key locations displayed during Lamarre-Condon trial

SYDNEY, 30 SEPTEMBER 2026 —

Former Sydney Police Officer’s Murder Trial Reveals Forensic Evidence as Jurors Examine Bloodstained Items, Crime Scene Photos

The trial, now in its second week, has seen jurors scrutinize police photographs of crime scene details, DNA-matching items retrieved from a skip bin, and bullet damage at Baird’s Paddington home, as prosecutors build a case alleging a premeditated double murder tied to an obsessive fixation.

The evidence underscores the prosecution’s claim that Lamarre-Condon, 31, methodically killed Baird—a television presenter and AFL umpire—and Davies after a toxic relationship turned violent. Defence lawyers have signaled they will argue self-defence, while the Crown’s case hinges on forensic proof of a meticulously planned attack, followed by an attempted cover-up.

The trial’s duration, estimated at three months, marks one of Australia’s most closely watched criminal cases, with implications for public trust in law enforcement given the defendant’s former status as a police officer.

Jurors were shown photographs of bloodstained items—including a quilt cover, fitted sheets, a pillowcase, a jumper, shorts, a button-up shirt, and four white AFL goal umpire flags—recovered from black bin bags in a Cronulla skip bin. Senior Sergeant Bronwyn Lansley, a specialist crime scene officer, testified that DNA testing confirmed the blood matched the genetic profiles of Baird and Davies.

Additional evidence included a watch, wallet, and identification documents found in the skip bin, all belonging to Davies. Police also photographed a fired cartridge located above a kitchen cabinet in Baird’s Brown Street terrace, where the killings allegedly occurred.

The crime scene photographs revealed bloodstains on a dismantled bed frame in the bedroom, later confirmed through DNA testing to belong to both victims. Jurors also examined images of blood on the bedroom floor, an irregularly shaped bullet hole in the kitchen floor, and damage to a wall, alongside blood traces in the sub-floor area beneath the kitchen—testing suggested this was Baird’s blood.

Lansley told the court Baird’s blood was found in the kitchen, under the kitchen, the lounge room, and bedroom, while Davies’ blood was detected in the bedroom and on items from that room.

The prosecution’s narrative alleges Lamarre-Condon stalked Baird following a brief romantic relationship in 2022 and 2023, developing an obsessive and jealous fixation. Crown prosecutors claim he shot Baird twice in the kitchen—describing the second shot as "execution-style"—before turning the gun on Davies as he attempted to call emergency services.

Lamarre-Condon allegedly then cleaned the property and attempted to dispose of the bodies in a dam near Bungonia, south of Sydney, before they were found near a monastery approximately 20 kilometres away.

The defence has countered with an alternative account, asserting there were two separate struggles involving Lamarre-Condon’s service pistol, resulting in both deaths. The trial, presided over by Justice Natalie Adams, continues with no immediate resolution in sight, though the forensic evidence presented thus far has intensified scrutiny on the case’s implications for law enforcement accountability and public safety.