The mother of accused double murderer Beau Lamarre-Condon has been released from a Sydney jail after two months behind bars, walking free under the cover of darkness on Tuesday evening.
Dressed in a white hoodie, Coleen Lamarre was collected by her husband from Sydney's Dillwynia Correctional Centre shortly before 7pm. The 63-year-old has been charged with doing an act with the intent of perverting the course of justice over allegations she persuaded a witness in her son's trial to give a false statement.
Strict Bail Conditions
Coleen was released by a judge in the NSW Supreme Court on strict conditions on Tuesday amid tears and gasps in the courtroom. She has not yet entered pleas to the charge. “Thank you,” one supporter said quietly as she left court.
Her lawyer, John Walford, told reporters outside the court that she is relieved to have been granted bail. “She has spent more than two months behind bars on remand after she was arrested in April,” he said.
Son's Trial Looms
Beau Lamarre-Condon, her son, is set to stand trial in the same court in September. The former police officer is alleged to have fatally fired his service pistol at TV presenter Jesse Baird and his flight attendant partner Luke Davies at their Sydney home in 2024.
Prosecutors allege the former officer bundled their bodies into surfboard bags and dumped them at a rural property in Bungonia near Goulburn. The men's bodies were found eight days later after an extensive search.
High-Profile Case
Beau Lamarre-Condon, who briefly dated Baird, has pleaded not guilty to their murders. He joined the force in 2019 and was the first serving NSW police officer charged with murder in decades. The then-senior constable was charged and eventually sacked by NSW Police after handing himself in.
He faces two counts of domestic violence-related murder and aggravated break and enter. His case will return to court later in July. The criminal proceedings have become among the most high-profile in NSW in recent years, with suggestions hundreds of witnesses could be called to testify at trial.
