Having had a chance to tell his side of the story, accused double-murderer Beau Lamarre-Condon will continue to test his version against prosecution questioning.
Cross examination of the 31-year-old is ongoing after he ended last week with an often teary recount of how Jesse Baird and Luke Davies were fatally shot with his police pistol in February 2024.
Lamarre-Condon has pleaded not guilty to the two men's murders, saying they were killed in self-defence.
Crown prosecutor Brett Hatfield SC began his probe into the former senior constable's claims by questioning why Lamarre-Condon did not believe there was anyone at Mr Baird's house when he turned up heavily disguised.
"You saw the door open but thought the house was empty?" Mr Hatfield asked.
"I thought (Mr Baird's housemate) hadn't closed the door properly," Lamarre-Condon replied.
"I was not under the belief anyone was home ... I couldn't see Jesse's ute."
The Crown alleges Lamarre-Condon staked out Mr Baird's house for several hours on the morning of February 19, 2024 to wait until only his ex was left inside.
But the accused ex-officer told the court during his evidence-in-chief he thought nobody was home when he went inside to try to recoup some belongings.
Lamarre-Condon's commitment to his elaborate disguise was also questioned.
He told the court he searched the Paddington terrace in his Uber Eats driver outfit to retrieve some expensive shirts and a Cartier ring.
"All with the helmet on ... you didn't lift the visor?" Mr Hatfield asked.
"No," Lamarre-Condon replied.
The failure to lift the visor allegedly led to the mistaken identity at the heart of Mr Baird's death, where Lamarre-Condon says his ex lunged at him with a knife thinking he was an intruder.
But the prosecution says he always intended to kill Mr Baird and the disguise was simply a way to avoid being identified on CCTV.
Lamarre-Condon said he ran upstairs when he found out Mr Baird was still at home and removed some but not all of his disguise.
"You kept on the backpack and helmet?" Mr Hatfield asked.
"Yes," Lamarre-Condon said.
When asked why he only removed the hi-vis jacket, the 31-year-old said he didn't want to be caught by the waterproof material making a sound when he moved.
Prosecutors allege Lamarre-Condon was motivated by jealous obsession when he shot Mr Baird execution style.
They further claim he then killed Mr Davies through the bedroom door to eliminate him as a witness.
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