Alleged WA bikie killer faces trial over shooting

Alleged WA bikie killer faces trial over shooting

David James Pye, 40, appeared in Stirling Gardens Magistrates Court on Wednesday through video hyperlink from custody the place he pleaded not responsible to 6 expenses.

He has been charged with the homicide of former affiliate and senior Rebels bikie Nick Martin, who was shot lifeless from lengthy vary at Perth Motorplex in 2020.

David James Pye, 40, appeared in Stirling Gardens Magistrates Court on Wednesday via videolink from custody where he pleaded not guilty to six charges.
David James Pye, 40, appeared in Stirling Gardens Magistrates Court on Wednesday through videolink from custody the place he pleaded not responsible to 6 expenses. (9News)

It is alleged Pye, linked to the Comancheros gang, organised and paid for Martin to be shot in a sniper-style assault.

The shooter, a former soldier, was in 2021 sentenced to twenty years’ imprisonment after pleading responsible to Martin’s homicide.

Police allege Pye provided to pay the identical shooter to homicide a girl and one other senior bikie who lives abroad.

Their murders by no means eventuated.

Pye was dedicated to face a Supreme Court trial and can return to courtroom at a later date.

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Source: www.9news.com.au