The trial of Beau Lamarre-Condon continued this week with evidence from Georgia Cook, a former friend who recalled a dinner at a restaurant on Sydney's north shore nine months before the alleged murders.
According to Ms Cook, Lamarre-Condon asked, "What would you do if I told you I killed someone, would you help me hide the body?" She said he then described taking the victim's belongings to a dumpster and moving the body to bushland where it would never be found. Ms Cook said the conversation left her feeling scared.
Under cross-examination by defence barrister James Lang, Ms Cook was pressed on why she remained friendly with Lamarre-Condon after that conversation. Mr Lang presented a photo of the pair smiling together and read affectionate text messages Ms Cook later sent, including birthday wishes signed with exes and a teary-eyed emoji, and a message reading "Love our chaotic relationship."
Ms Cook was unmoved, repeatedly insisting: "I still stand by that I was scared. I could never forget these words being said to me, I could never forget."
Mr Lang then referred to a previous drug possession charge against Ms Cook, asking if that was why her friendship with the former police officer soured. Ms Cook said a dispute had arisen after Lamarre-Condon asked her to do unpaid bikini modelling for a swimwear line he owned.
Lamarre-Condon, who usually remains silent and impassive in court, has been noted by reporters as most animated when former friends testify against him. A childhood friend told the court that in a video call around three months before the alleged murders, Lamarre-Condon made a gun gesture with his hands and asked if her partner could get him a gun. Defence counsel John Stratton challenged that recollection, arguing the accused was checking on her safety from an abusive partner.
The prosecution alleges Lamarre-Condon, driven by obsessive and jealous infatuation with Mr Baird after their casual relationship ended, fatally shot the couple.