A police officer accused of the murder of a TV presenter and his partner claims he agreed to admit to manslaughter but prosecutors and police denied his offer.
As Beau Lamarre-Condon formally pleaded not guilty to the murders of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies he interrupted the court to launch a tirade at investigators.
The 29-year-old said he opposed any orders for a closed court at his trial because he wanted people to know the truth of his case.
He also accused both New South Wales police and the office of the director of public prosecutions of being corrupt.
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“I will not be silenced,” Lamarre-Condon said via video link in the NSW supreme court on Friday.
The accused double-murderer claimed he had previously offered to prosecutors to plead guilty to o