A much-anticipated murder trial will not only detail how a Perth bikie boss was assassinated by a trained sniper five years ago, but also lays bare the alleged violent and lawless lives of Western Australia’s criminal underworld.

David James Pye, a member of the Comanchero outlaw motorcycle gang, is accused of paying a former soldier to shoot dead Nick Martin, head of rival gang the Rebels, at Kwinana Motorplex in 2020.

David Pye leaves court during an appearance in 2013. Credit: AAPIMAGE/Angie Raphael

He denies the accusation but, during his opening address on Wednesday in the WA Supreme Court, prosecutor Justin Whalley, SC, told Justice Joseph McGrath that the state’s prime witness – an ex-soldier who has admitted carrying out the killing – would point the finger directly at Pye.

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