A statement he gave to police about the momentous evening was read to the court, in which he detailed the "yelling and screaming" and "confusion" that ensued in the immediate aftermath of the shooting. Police would later film him stuffing wads of cash, which Pye had allegedly given him from the hundreds of thousands in $50 and $100 notes the court heard he kept stashed in bags on his fridge and in his garage, into pvc pipes he bought from Bunnings and buried in salt lakes near his home. In a court ruling made on the eve of the trial and initially suppressed by the judge, Pye was granted home detention bail so he could access the anti-anxiety drug Diazapem that prison staff had denied him.
Author: Andrea Mayes
Published at: 2025-11-01 23:58:39
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