Overview
- The judge lifted earlier suppression after the witness disclosed other assassinations in testimony during David Pye’s WA Supreme Court trial.
- The immunity also covers potential war crimes, and the Australian Federal Police had interviewed the witness in 2021 about possible foreign incursion or terrorism offences.
- The ex-soldier has pleaded guilty to killing Nick Martin for a reduced sentence, yet under cross-examination he admitted misleading others by implying he was a government ‘spook’ and boasting of CIA ties.
- Pye denies ordering the hit and is on bail for the trial because required psychiatric medication was unavailable in custody, according to court documents.
- Prosecutors allege he agreed to pay for the hit—reported variously as $100,000 or $150,000—in a 2020 sniper attack carried out with a .308 rifle from more than 300 metres that also wounded a spectator.