Overview

• Opening statements said the ex-soldier will testify Pye paid him $150,000 to kill Martin at the Kwinana Motorplex in December 2020.
• Prosecutors described an Instagram contact in 2019 that led to meetings, a $10,000 reconnaissance payment, and drone surveillance of Martin’s home.
• The court heard Pye allegedly offered $380,000 to kill a former girlfriend, then later proposed $800,000 to have fellow Comanchero Ray Cilli killed.
• Evidence outlined to the judge included an alleged text exchange after the shooting with coffin emojis and the reply “one dead, one serious,” as the witness’s identity remains suppressed.
• Pye rejects the allegations, his counsel called the witness “a liar,” and the judge-alone trial turns on the witness’s credibility; the hitman received 20 years in 2021 after agreeing to testify.