Trial hears Beau Lamarre-Condon was diagnosed with cancer by naturopath but doesn’t recall which type

Cancer diagnosis disputed in questioning

On Thursday, Lamarre-Condon’s sixth day giving evidence, prosecutors asked about a naturopath he said he saw at Bondi Junction in October or November 2022. He told the court she believed he had a form of sporadic cancer, but said he did not remember which one.

Asked by crown prosecutor Brett Hatfield SC to identify the clinician, Lamarre-Condon said he did not know her name and had seen her only once. He said family members had tried to find her practice, but development in Bondi Junction had cleared out commercial properties.

Lamarre-Condon said the naturopath advised him to get a biopsy at Westmead hospital and recommended a person she knew there. He did not follow through, instead taking alternative medications, including taxanes, vincristine tablets and cannabis oil injections sourced online.

Instagram post and phone access

Evidence also covered an Instagram story about flowers while Baird was in Melbourne. The post said, “When he’s in Melbourne but still sends you these.” Lamarre-Condon had limited the close-friends story so only the man Baird was seeing could view it.

Lamarre-Condon admitted using Baird’s phone a few days later to block the man and delete their messages. When Baird asked about the flowers post, Lamarre-Condon replied, “I’m confused why you’re asking me about that.” He told the jury he ordered a matching bouquet for his mother.

Accusation and phone disposal

Hatfield said Lamarre-Condon had portrayed Baird as unreasonable for asking questions; Lamarre-Condon agreed. The prosecutor also suggested Baird did not like him as much as he liked Baird.

Asked what he did with Baird’s phone after the alleged murders, Lamarre-Condon said he did not want evidence of the phone on him and threw it off a bridge. He is accused of killing Baird and Davies with his police service weapon at Baird’s Paddington home on 19 February 2024.