An assassin who shot dead a bikie boss, allegedly at the request of an underworld rival on trial for murder, admitted the killing to his girlfriend and told her he was on a secret government mission, a court has been told.

The ex-soldier turned gun for hire, who cannot be named for legal reasons, killed senior Rebels bikie Nick Martin at Perth Motorplex on December 12, 2020 in a sniper-style attack.The shooter used a .308-calibre rifle to target Martin from a distance of more than 300 metres while the bikie was sitting in a spectator area at the racetrack.The bullet travelled through Martin’s body and exited from his lower back before striking another man in his arm, seriously injuring him.

The convicted murderer returned to the witness box on Monday at the trial of David James Pye,

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