Overview
- The WA Supreme Court lifted a long‑standing order that hid the shooter’s identity, allowing media to name him as Benjamin Luke Johnston.
- Justice Joe McGrath said Johnston’s name was already common knowledge inside prison, and WA Police did not oppose lifting the order.
- Johnston is serving 20 years for the December 2020 sniper killing at Perth Motorplex, where Rebels bikie boss Nick Martin was shot from about 300 metres.
- He later testified against David James Pye, who was convicted last year of arranging the murder and received a life sentence.
- Pye’s lawyer signaled a planned appeal and argued the order should have stayed, while Johnston and Pye remain kept apart at Casuarina Prison and appeared by video link.