Lamarre-Condon tells the jury he signed out his firearm for a shift on 16 February 2024, three days before the alleged murders.
He had permission to do this, he told the court, and on the way to work had stopped at East Village in Zetland to get his car washed.
The former officer claimed in court that it was common for police to get coffee or stop off elsewhere on the way to work.
He says he was thinking of stopping at Paddington to get his belongings from Baird before the other man got home from work, which would have put him in the “exact same” position he was in today as his firearm was still in his backpack.
