EXCLUSIVEBeau Lamarre-Condon: Chilling details emerge of accused killer cop's mental state as 'rot sets in' for celebrity chaser accused of murdering Jesse Baird and Luke Davies
- Beau Lamarre-Condon, 28, accused of two murders
- Cop allegedly shot dead Jesse Baird and Luke Davies
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Accused killer cop Beau Lamarre-Condon has finally been hit with the harsh reality he faces as the onetime celebrity chaser sinks into despair in his prison cell.
Lamarre-Condon is charged with murdering former Studio Ten presenter Jesse Baird and Qantas flight attendant Luke Davies in the inner-city Sydney suburb of Paddington in February.
He has been in protective custody at the Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre at Silverwater in Sydney's west for the past two months and his mental state is deteriorating.
'He’s not doing real well at the moment,' a source close to the 28-year-old told Daily Mail Australia.
Accused killer cop Beau Lamarre-Condon has finally been hit with the harsh future he is facing as the onetime celebrity chaser sinks into despair in his prison cell
'Obviously it's set in now - what's happened and the allegations and where he is. I think the rot's set in mentally-wise. He's at a low point at the moment.
'He's very down. He's hit the lows.'
The former senior constable was sacked by the NSW Police Force on March 22 and is listed to appear in court for the second time on Tuesday when a brief of evidence is due to be served.
He is awaiting a psychiatric assessment due to be conducted in May and has retained barrister Tomislav Bicanic to work with solicitor John Walford.
Mr Bicanic was admitted to the NSW Bar in 2018 and was described by a colleague as 'very, very competent'. He is a protege of the prominent silk Tony Bellanto.
Mr Walford is a former detective who served 20 years in the NSW Police Force where he was a senior criminal investigator, qualified criminal analyst and prosecutor.
Lamarre-Condon has been in protective custody at the Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre at Silverwater (above) for the past two months and his mental state is deteriorating
He told Daily Mail Australia once the Director of Public Prosecutions had served a brief of evidence he could seek legal instructions from Lamarre-Condon.
'My intention is to move this on as quick as we can,' Mr Walford said. 'He wants to get the brief and get going.'
Mr Walford has previously said Lamarre-Condon's mental health would like feature in any defence case he presented to the court.
'Mental health is something we expect to come into play,' he said in March. 'It certainly seems there are things we have to look at in that way.'
Police allege Lamarre-Condon shot dead Mr Baird, 26 and Mr Davies, 29 with his service pistol at Mr Baird's home on February 19 and then dumped their bodies two days later in the Southern Tablelands.
Mr Baird and Lamarre-Condon were previously engaged in what police described as an 'off and on' romance but Mr Baird had not wanted to pursue a relationship.
Lamarre-Condon is charged with murdering former Studio Ten presenter Jesse Baird, 26, and Qantas flight attendant Luke Davies, 29, in the inner-city suburb of Paddington on February 19
Lamarre-Condon, who used to regularly post pictures of himself with international stars on social media, turned himself in to police at Bondi on February 23.
After briefly appearing in court that day, Lamarre-Condon was transferred to the MRRC, where he was placed in protective custody due to his status as a policeman.
Prison authorities also deemed him potentially at risk because he was accused of extremely serious offences, had attracted saturation media attention and had never previously been in jail.
Detective spoke to Lamarre-Condon at the MRRC on February 24 after he received legal advice from Mr Walford.
Police subsequently located the bodies of Mr Baird and Mr Davies on a property at Bungonia, about 180km south-west of Sydney.
Lamarre-Condon is under constant camera surveillance in his prison cell and not allowed contact with any other inmate.
Lamarre-Condon is in what is known as an observation camera cell which allows correctional officers to monitor him 24 hours a day. Cells at the MRRC at Silverwater are pictured above
On February 29, after Lamarre-Condon had been behind bars for six days, Mr Walford told Daily Mail Australia his client was coping with his new surroundings.
'He's fine,' Mr Walford said. 'He's OK.'
A Corrective Services NSW spokeswoman said the department did not comment on an individual inmate's circumstances but prison sources were able to describe some of Lamarre-Condon's security arrangements.
Lamarre-Condon is in what is known as an observation camera cell which allows correctional officers to monitor him 24 hours a day.
Regular physical checks are also made to ensure he has done no harm to himself in his sparse housing, which is in a relatively new section of the 27-year-old jail.
It is the most extreme security available at the MRRC and Lamarre-Condon is completely isolated from all other prisoners in the facility.
Prison authorities do not necessarily consider Lamarre-Condon a particular suicide risk but his circumstances combine to suggest he would be vulnerable in jail.
