WA v Pye [No 4]

[2026] WASC 37

Supreme Court of Western Australia

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Catchwords

1. Criminal Law
2. › Murder
3. › Counselling or procuring another to commit murder
4. › Contract killing
5. › Accomplice evidence
6. › Credibility and reliability of accomplice witness
7. › Corroboration by surveillance and listening device evidence
8. › Criminal Code (WA), ss 7(d), 8, 279
1. Criminal Law
2. › Incitement
3. › Inciting another to commit murder
4. › Whether accused incited hitman to kill two further persons
5. › Criminal Code (WA), s 553(1)
1. Criminal Law
2. › Dealing with money intended to be used in connection with an offence
3. › Cash payments for contract killing
4. › Criminal Code (WA), s 563B(1)
1. Criminal Law
2. › Trial by judge alone
3. › Applicable principles
4. › Obligation to state principles of law applied and findings of fact relied upon
5. › Criminal Procedure Act 2004 (WA), ss 118, 119, 120(2)

Quick Take

Minor inconsistencies in an accomplice's testimony concerning peripheral matters such as the time of day of meetings or the order of cash payments, where explicable by the passage of time, do not undermine the credibility of the accomplice or the cogency of corroborative objective evidence.