Former police officer has pleaded not guilty to murdering Jesse Baird and Luke Davies in Paddington in early 2024

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Beau Lamarre-Condon has told a Sydney court he did not “execute” Jesse Baird nor realise there was a “massive” gunshot wound to the 26-year-old’s face.

The former police officer is accused of fatally shooting Baird and his new partner, Luke Davies, with his police service weapon in Baird’s Paddington home in Sydney on 19 February 2024.