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Mum of Aussie Murder-Accused Ex-Cop Charged with Allegedly Interfering in Case

Coleen Lamarre was refused bail after police said she tried to pressure a key witness to change evidence in the murder case.

  • On Wednesday, police arrested 63-year-old Coleen Lamarre in Balmain and charged her with attempting to "influence a key witness to change their evidence in a high-profile double murder trial" involving her son, Beau Lamarre-Condon.
  • Beau Lamarre-Condon awaits trial for allegedly murdering TV presenter Jesse Baird and flight attendant Luke Davies in 2024, accused of shooting the couple at Baird's Paddington home using a police-issued Glock.
  • Arrested at Day Street Police Station, Lamarre was refused bail and must appear in court on Thursday facing a charge of perverting the course of justice.
  • Beau Lamarre-Condon maintains a not-guilty plea as his three-month trial approaches in September, with up to 300 witnesses expected to testify during proceedings.
  • The former serving NSW officer handed himself in after the couple's bodies were discovered in surf bags at Bungonia, approximately 170 kilometres south of Sydney.
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Sydney Morning Herald broke the news in Sydney, Australia on Wednesday, April 29, 2026.
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