The former police officer accused of murdering Sydney couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies is the focus of a new court claim over an arrest five years ago.
Kris Lovelock was chased down and Tasered by Beau Lamarre-Condon at a park in Paddington in June 2020.
9News can reveal Lovelock has launched a civil claim over the arrest against the state of New South Wales and is seeking compensation.
Lamarre-Condon’s bodycam footage shows Lovelock being told to get down before the officer Tasers him three times as he lies on the ground.
Lovelock was convicted for a range of offences, including intimidating a police officer.
The arrest in 2020 raised questions about Lamarre-Condon’s conduct.
A magistrate and internal police probe found that Lamarre-Condon’s actions that day were lawful.
Now, NSW Police could be forced to defend the officer’s actions in the civil court when the case is heard in June.
Almost four years later, Lamarre-Condon was charged with entering a home in Paddington and murdering Baird and Davies with his police-issued gun.
He was later dismissed from the force.
