Former police officer tells court ‘it was never a plan to murder anybody’ as prosecution repeatedly suggests to him he planned to kill Jesse Baird Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Beau Lamarre-Condon has told a Sydney court he never planned to murder anybody and if he did, he reiterated he would use stolen vehicles and a gun not linked to him. But the prosecutor responded: “No one’s saying it was a good plan, that’s why you’re sitting here.” Continue reading...
‘If I wanted to plan a murder’: Beau Lamarre-Condon tells court what he would have done
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