Beau Lamarre’s lawyer flags mental health defence to murder charges

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Outside court in Sydney, John Walford says he is ‘not sure’ how his client will plead to alleged murders of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies

Former NSW police officer Beau Lamarre is alleged to have murdered the Sydney couple at Jesse Baird’s Paddington home on 19 February.Former NSW police officer Beau Lamarre is alleged to have murdered the Sydney couple at Jesse Baird’s Paddington home on 19 February.

John Walford said on Tuesday the charges against his client – who is accused of murdering Jesse Baird, 26, and Luke Davies, 29 – could be defendable on mental health grounds. In the brief status hearing on Tuesday, the court heard a partial brief for the case had been provided. The accused did not appear in court.

Police allege the murder of Baird was premeditated and that Davies was killed because he was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

 

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