‘Get on your knees’: Final words before dad kills daughter’s fiancee

A father told his daughter’s fiancee to “get on your knees” and “confess” before executing him in cold blood, a court has heard.

Damien Conlon, 38, was just months away from marrying his partner Linda Simon when he was “lured” into his future father-in-law’s house in Oberon in regional NSW in February 2023.

Army veteran Luke Samouel Simon, 60, told Mr Conlon to get on his knees and said “bye-bye Damien” as he shot him in the head.

Mr Simon faced the NSW Supreme Court on Monday ahead of his sentencing, which has now been set down in April.

The court heard how Mr Simon had vowed to “kill” Mr Conlon just two days before the incident.

Footage was also played to the court of Mr Simon visiting his gun safe multiple times in the day leading up to the offence.

The crown prosecutor told the court the footage showed he had an “enduring intent” to murder.

However, Judge Sarah McNaughton said the CCTV footage was “complicated and partly problematic evidence” as it was unclear whether Mr Simon was taking the pistol or just the pistol cover out of the safe during his visits.

Mr Simon has pleaded guilty to the murder.

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