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Man accused of ordering hit on bikie boss to learn fate
Prosecutors say David James Pye paid $100,000 to have senior Rebels bikie Nick Martin killed after defecting to rival Comancheros gang.
- On Friday, Justice Joseph McGrath found David James Pye, 43, guilty on all six charges, including inciting and procuring murder in the 2025 trial over Nick Martin's Perth Motorplex killing.
- Prosecutors say Pye's defection from the Rebels motorcycle gang to the Comancheros motorcycle gang sparked the feud and he promised $150,000, later paying $100,000 for the hit.
- Shooter used a.308‑calibre rifle to target Martin from more than 300 metres while the bullet passed through Martin and seriously injured another man, and the marksman is serving a 20‑year sentence.
- Pye pleaded not guilty and faced a judge-alone trial in the West Australian Supreme Court; his barrister, David Hallowes SC, argued the shooter was a liar while prosecutors said their case rested on the marksman’s evidence.
- The judge described the relationship as `hatred`, noting Martin's tattoo of a bullet with Pye's name, while the marksman called the killing `community service` in testimony.
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