Beau Lamarre-Condon’s best friend, Jodie Parker, travelled with the accused killer on luxury trips to Bali and regularly offered him spiritual guidance.
She has now flown to Sydney to support him during his double-murder trial.
Lamarre-Condon referred to Ms Parker several times in the NSW Supreme Court this week, calling her “my best friend” and telling the Crown she had travelled from the Gold Coast to attend the proceedings.
At one point, Lamarre-Condon said Ms Parker could give evidence about his claims that he had experienced suicidal thoughts, accusing Crown prosecutor Brett Hatfield SC of refusing to call her.
Mr Hatfield responded: “Mr Lamarre, you can call whatever witnesses you like in this case. You know that, don’t you?”
While being questioned about his alleged “obsession” with his former boyfriend Jesse Baird, Lamarre-Condon said: “No, Mr Crown, as my best friend Jodie knows…”
Mr Hatfield cut him off, saying: “I’m not asking you what Jodie knows.”
Ms Parker is a Queensland spiritual healer with a tattoo on her neck and has been supporting Lamarre-Condon in court each day.
Speaking outside court, Ms Parker said she was unsure how long she would remain in Sydney but was happy to stand by Lamarre-Condon throughout the trial.
Beau Lamarre-Condon’s best friend Jodie Parker is pictured arriving at the NSW Supreme Court
Accused killer Beau Lamarre-Condon’s best friend, known as “Mamma Jodie”, accompanied him on luxury trips to Bali and offered spiritual advice
Lamarre-Condon pointed to Jodie Parker several times in the NSW Supreme Court this week, calling her “my best friend”
Earlier this week, Lamarre-Condon told the court he contacted Ms Parker for “words of wisdom” after allegedly entering his former boyfriend Jesse Baird’s Paddington terrace on August 17, 2023.
Lamarre-Condon denies breaking in, saying he used a key to enter Baird’s home because he had been invited to stay the night.
He told the court he entered the house quietly because he wanted to privately search Baird’s phone for evidence that he was seeing other men. He said he planned to look through the phone before “jump[ing] into bed with Jesse”.
Lamarre-Condon said he messaged Ms Parker on August 17, 2023—the day of the alleged break-in—because he often turned to her for advice.
He described her as “spiritual and Christian” and said she gave him guidance “about things in general”.
His message read: “Hey I just need your advice if you have a spare five mins.
“I just need mamma Jodie’s words of wisdom.”
Mr Hatfield asked Lamarre-Condon whether he wanted to discuss his “obsession” with Baird with Ms Parker.
Beau Lamarre-Condon told the Crown his best friend Jodie Parker had travelled from the Gold Coast to Sydney for the trial
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A screenshot shows messages exchanged between Beau Lamarre-Condon and Jesse Baird. A friend described the conversation as “savage”, believing Baird was no longer interested in dating Lamarre-Condon
Lamarre-Condon said he could not remember because the conversation had taken place three years earlier.
The pair did not speak by phone, and he agreed to contact her again at another time.
The next day, August 18, he sent Ms Parker a screenshot of a text exchange with Baird from August 16, the day before the alleged break-in.
In the exchange, Lamarre-Condon wrote to Baird: “Hey, sorry I had to run yesterday. I was running a tad late or I would have loved to chat for longer.
“Let’s do a walk and lunch catch-up after next weekend… then we can have a proper catch-up. Good seeing you though.”
Baird replied at 1.49pm the following day: “It was good to see you too. Glad you had fun in Euro.”
His message also included a plane emoji and a smiling-face emoji.
Lamarre-Condon had sent the exchange to another friend, who described it as “savage”.
Beau Lamarre-Condon is pictured during his time as a senior constable
The friend interpreted Baird’s messages as showing that he was no longer romantically interested in Lamarre-Condon.
The friend said: “OMG. I’m dying. That’s so savage. No, it’s defs savage. If he was keen, he would have jumped on the bandwagon.”
Mr Hatfield previously suggested that Lamarre-Condon decided to “enter Baird’s property” after receiving the “savage rejection”.
Lamarre-Condon denied that Baird had rejected him and rejected the suggestion that the message prompted him to allegedly enter Baird’s home.
The court heard this week that Lamarre-Condon sent the same exchange with Baird to Ms Parker on August 18, the day after the alleged break-in.
Mr Hatfield suggested that Lamarre-Condon forwarded the exchange because he, too, viewed it as a “savage rejection”.
Lamarre-Condon said he had never regarded the exchange as “savage” and insisted it was not a rejection.
He maintained that Baird had invited him to stay at the house on the night of the alleged break-in.
The former police officer has pleaded not guilty to one charge of break and enter relating to the alleged incident.
He has also pleaded not guilty to two domestic violence-related murder charges over the alleged shootings of Baird and his new boyfriend, Luke Davies, at the Paddington rental property on February 19, 2024.
