Meet the ‘spiritual’ neck-tattooed friend ‘Mamma Jodie’ who is supporting Beau Lamarre-Condon in court each day… as the jury is told how he turned to her for ‘words of wisdom’
Accused killer Beau Lamarre-Condon’s best friend ‘Mamma Jodie’ used to accompany him on lavish Bali trips and provide him with spiritual advice.
Now she’s flown to Sydney to support him in his double murder trial.
Lamarre-Condon pointed to Jodie Parker a number of times in the NSW Supreme Court this week, labelling her ‘my best friend’ and telling the Crown she’d travelled to Sydney from the Gold Coast for the trial.
At one stage, Lamarre-Condon said Ms Parker could give evidence about his suicidal ideation claims, and accused Crown prosecutor Brett Hatfield SC of refusing to call her.
Mr Hatfield replied: ‘Mr Lamarre, you can call whatever witnesses you like in this case. You know that, don’t you?’
When Lamarre-Condon was being grilled over his alleged ‘obsession’ with his ex-boyfriend Jesse Baird, he replied: ‘No, Mr Crown, as my best friend Jodie knows…’
Mr Hatfield interrupted: ‘I’m not asking you what Jodie knows.’
It can now be revealed that Ms Parker is a spiritual healer with a neck tattoo from Queensland who has supported Lamarre-Condon daily in court.
Speaking to the Daily Mail outside court, Ms Parker said she doesn’t know how long she’ll be in Sydney, but said she’s happy to support Lamarre-Condon during his trial.
Beau Lamarre-Condon’s ‘best friend’ Jodie Parker is pictured walking into the NSW Supreme Court
Accused killer Beau Lamarre-Condon’s best friend ‘Mamma Jodie’ used to accompany him on lavish Bali trips and provide him with spiritual advice
Lamarre-Condon pointed to Jodie Parker a number of times in the NSW Supreme Court this week, labelling her ‘my best friend’
Earlier this week, Lamarre-Condon told the court that he contacted Ms Parker for ‘words of wisdom’ after he allegedly broke into his ex-boyfriend Jesse Baird’s Paddington terrace on August 17, 2023.
Lamarre-Condon denies the allegation, claiming he let himself into Baird’s house that night with a key because he was invited to stay over.
He told the court that he crept into the house because he wanted to go through Baird’s phone in private to see if he was dating other men. His plan was to go through the phone, then ‘jump into bed with Jesse’ afterwards.
Lamarre-Condon told the court that he messaged Ms Parker on August 17, 2023 – the day of the alleged break-in, because he often sought her guidance.
He said she was ‘spiritual and Christian, and would give me advice about things in general’.
In the message, he wrote: ‘Hey I just need your advice if you have a spare five mins.
‘I just need mamma Jodie’s words of wisdom.’
Mr Hatfield asked Lamarre-Condon whether he wanted to talk to Ms Parker about his ‘obsession’ with Baird.
Beau Lamarre-Condon told the Crown his ‘best friend’ Jodie Parker travelled to Sydney from the Gold Coast for the trial
Pictured: A screenshot of messages between Beau Lamarre-Condon and Jesse Baird. A friend described the interaction as ‘savage’ because she thought Baird didn’t want to date Lamarre-Condon
Lamarre-Condon said he couldn’t recall because the conversation happened three years ago.
They didn’t have a call, and he agreed to speak to her another time.
The following day, on August 18, he sent Ms Parker a screenshot of a text conversation he had with Baird two days earlier, on August 16, the day before the alleged break-in.
In that conversation, Lamarre-Condon had said to Baird: ‘Hey, sorry I had to run yesterday. I was running a tad late or I would have loved to chat for longer.
‘Let’s do a walk and lunch catch-up after next weekend… then we can have a proper catch-up. Good seeing you though.’
Baird replied at 1.49pm the following day, saying: ‘It was good to see you too. Glad you had fun in Euro.’
He included a plane emoji and a smiley face.
Lamarre-Condon had sent the conversation to another friend, who described the exchange as ‘savage’.
Pictured: Beau Lamarre-Condon when he was a senior constable
That friend thought Baird’s messages meant that he wasn’t romantically interested in Lamarre-Condon any more.
The friend said: ‘OMG. I’m dying. That’s so savage. No, it’s defs savage. If he was keen, he would have jumped on the bandwagon.’
Mr Hatfield previously suggested to Lamarre-Condon that he decided to ‘enter Baird’s property’ after receiving the ‘savage rejection’.
Lamarre-Condon denied that Baird had rejected him, and denied that message was the reason he allegedly broke into Baird’s home.
The court this week heard Lamarre-Condon sent the same exchange with Baird to Ms Parker on August 18, the day after the alleged break-in.
Mr Hatfield put to Lamarre-Condon that he sent the exchange with Baird to Ms Parker because he also thought it was a ‘savage rejection’.
Lamarre-Condon said he never saw the message as ‘savage’, and that it was not a rejection.
He insisted that Baird invited him to stay over on the night of the alleged break-in.
The former police officer has pleaded not guilty to one count of break and enter over the alleged break-in.
He has also pleaded not guilty to two counts of domestic violence-related murder over the alleged shootings of Baird and his new boyfriend Luke Davies at the Paddington rental on February 19, 2024.
