The Trial: Australia

Erin Patterson has lost her bid to overturn her murder convictions, and instead will now serve life without parole.
Victoria’s Court of Appeal rejected her challenge to the verdicts, including arguments over the jury’s accommodation and the evidence used against her. However, the prosecutors succeeded in their motion for a tougher sentence, resulting in her 33-year non-parole period being removed.
In this episode, Wayne and Caroline examine why Erin Patteson’s appeal failed, and look at what this means for the mushroom killer.
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Presenters: Wayne Flower and Caroline Cheetham
Producer: Sam Morris
Editor: Buddy Peace
Creative Director: Caroline Cheetham
Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini
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A friend of Beau Lamarre-Condon has told the court that the former police officer arrived outside his work and told him he had killed two people, before asking him to help clean up.
But in a secretly recorded prison conversation played to the jury, Lamarre-Condon challenged his friend’s account, saying he had misheard him.
In this episode, Wayne and Stephen examine the friend’s testimony about the months before and days after Jesse Baird and Luke Davies died, including claims that he watched Lamarre-Condon fire his gun in the Royal National Park, and that he searched for somewhere to dispose of bloody clothes. However, the defence challenged the friend’s memory, credibility and understanding of what happened. The friend denied giving false evidence.
Beau Lamarre-Condon has pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder and one count of aggravated break and enter. His defence maintains that Jesse and Luke died during separate struggles involving his police-issued gun.
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Presenters: Wayne Flower and Stephen Gibbs
Producer: Sam Morris
Creative Director: Caroline Cheetham
Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini
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Friends of Jesse Baird have reported receiving text messages from him in the days after he died. Now, a friend of Beau Lamarre-Condon has alleged in court that she was asked to dispose of a phone, which he claimed contained stolen police files.
The court has also heard from another of Beau Lamarre-Condon’s friends, who claims she agreed to go on a drive with the former police officer. She said she did not know that they would be gone for hours; or that the bodies of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies were supposedly in the back of the van, as prosecutors have alleged.
Beau Lamarre-Condon has pleaded not guilty to two charges of murder and one of aggravated break and enter. His defence maintains that Jesse Baird and Luke Davies both died in separate struggles involving his police issued gun.
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Presenters: Wayne Flower and Stephen Gibbs
Producer: Sam Morris
Creative Director: Caroline Cheetham
Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini
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Jesse Baird and Luke Davies were missing for over a week. Now, a detective’s emotional testimony reveals how the search for the two men ended at a rural New South Wales property.

In this episode Wayne and Stephen examine all the new evidence heard in Beau Lamarre-Condon’s double murder trial, from his conversations with a police colleague about ammunition and gunshots, to the bloodstained belongings, fingerprints and DNA recovered during the investigation.

Beau Lamarre-Condon has pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder and one count of aggravated break and enter. His defence says the men died during separate struggles involving his police-issued pistol.

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Presenters: Wayne Flower and Stephen Gibbs
Producer: Sam Morris
Creative Director: Caroline Cheetham
Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini
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Jesse Baird’s housemates thought it was strange when two surfboard bags appeared in their backyard. They didn’t open the bags, and believed the pool of red liquid may have been a mixture of water and rust from the outdoor furniture.

They had no idea that the bags contained the bodies of Jesse, and his boyfriend Luke Davies.

The surfboard bags stayed in the backyard overnight. When the housemates checked the following morning, they were gone.

In this episode, Wayne and Stephen examine the testimony of Jesse Baird’s housemates, both of whom gave evidence at the trial of Beau Lamarre-Condon. They also break down the evidence given by a detective who was a close friend of Beau Lamarre-Condon, who claimed he asked her strange questions about tracking phones and hire cars before Jesse and Luke’s disappearance.

Beau Lamarre-Condon has pleaded not guilty to two charges of murder and one of aggravated break and enter. His defence says that Jesse and Luke both died in separate struggles involving Beau Lamarre-Condon’s police issued gun.

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Presenters: Wayne Flower and Stephen Gibbs
Producer: Sam Morris
Creative Director: Caroline Cheetham
Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini
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