Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Beau Lamarre-Condon’s criminal trial in the Supreme Court in Sydney.
The former NSW police officer has pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder over the shooting deaths of Sydney couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies at Baird’s eastern suburbs home in February 2024.
He has also pleaded not guilty to one count of aggravated break and enter of Baird’s home in August 2023 and stealing a mobile phone and wallet belonging to Baird.
Justice Natalie Adams is presiding over the trial in the historic King Street court complex in Sydney.
Adams told the pool of potential jurors before the jury was selected that the trial was estimated to run for up to 12 weeks. Fifteen jurors were empanelled on Monday afternoon.
The opening address by Crown prosecutor Brett Hatfield, SC, is expected to start after 2pm and run for about two hours. Defence barrister John Stratton, SC, will also deliver an opening.
The judge told the jury she would deliver some introductory remarks after 1.45pm, followed by the Crown’s opening.
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