Former police officer tells court he bought sim card under name ‘Bob Ballard’ because he planned to go to media about alleged bullying from sergeant Beau Lamarre-Condon has told a Sydney court he obtained a sim card under a pseudonym a month before allegedly murdering two men because he wanted to go to the media about bullying allegations in the police force. The former police officer is accused of fatally shooting Jesse Baird and his new partner, Luke Davies, with his police service weapon in Baird’s Paddington home in Sydney on 19 February 2024. Continue reading...
Beau Lamarre-Condon bought sim card under pseudonym a month before alleged murders, trial hears
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