Lamarre-Condon is being asked about his evidence that he did not break into Baird’s home on August 17, 2023, and had been invited to stay the night by the TV presenter.
He has pleaded not guilty to aggravated break and enter and stealing Baird’s phone and wallet.
Crown prosecutor Brett Hatfield, SC, shows the accused a screenshot of a text message he had sent Baird the same day: “Haha I’ll take that as a no to doing the catch up then.” It was followed by a crying laughing emoji and smiley face emoji.
The court hears he sent that screenshot to his friend on August 18, 2023, the day after the alleged break-in.
Hatfield put to him that his account of being invited to Baird’s house was “completely false”.
Lamarre-Condon disagreed and said he communicated with Baird on a number of platforms including via Instagram, social media, FaceTime and text messages.
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