‘Strong smell’: Detective breaks down speaking about search for bodies of Beau Lamarre-Condon’s alleged victims

Key points

• A detective became emotional while describing the search for the bodies of a Sydney couple allegedly murdered by Beau Lamarre-Condon. The court heard how a friend of Lamarre-Condon led investigators to a rural farm in Goulburn, where a cut padlock was found.
• The breakthrough came at a Greek Orthodox monastery near Bungonia, where the detective detected a strong smell of decomposition.
• Two surfboard bags containing the bodies were discovered, with keys found nearby matching the doors of the victims' Paddington home.