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An adrenaline junkie with military experience in Iraq has been arrested over the assassination of a notorious bikie leader who was shot dead by a sniper.
Former Rebels bikie boss Nick Martin, 51, was shot in the back at the Outlaw Nitro Challenge drag racing event at the Perth Motorplex, Kwinana Beach at 8.30pm on Saturday, December 12.
He died at the scene in front of horrified families and children including his own wife and step-daughter.
Police raided a home in Waikiki and bushland in Warnbro, in Perth s southern suburbs, on Monday before taking the man into custody.
Nick Martin (pictured) was shot in the back at the Perth Motorplex on December 12 in front of horrified families who were trying to watch the nitro cars high-octane drag racing
Internal memo reveals WA Police lost six years of sexual assault emails
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Western Australia s Police force lost six years worth of emails sent to an address set up to receive correspondence from sexual assault victims, documents obtained under Freedom of Information laws have revealed.
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The revelation means there were four more years worth of possible investigation leads lost than previously known publicly.
WAtoday discovered archived webpages that suggested the email was unmonitored for at least two years, but until now WA Police have ignored repeated questions about the true length of time the administration error was in place.
The chilling vantage point a fly-in-fly-out sniper may have used to take out a bikie kingpin has emerged - as the Perth racetrack where he was gunned down welcomed back crowds for the first time since the shooting.
Former Rebels bikie boss Nick Martin, 51, was shot in the back at the Outlaw Nitro Challenge drag racing event at the Perth Motorplex, Kwinana Beach at 8.30pm on Saturday, December 12.
He died at the scene in front of horrified families and children including his own wife and step-daughter.
Martin told his wife Amanda: babe, I ve been shot as she tried to give him CPR while he died in her arms.
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A massive police presence shadowed the bikies with a police marksman hanging out of a helicopter - as fears of an all out gang war grow in Western Australia.
At the front of the procession was four riders followed by a motorcycle carrying Martin s coffin, which had Australian $100 notes printed all over it.
The coffin-carrying motorcycle was flying the Rebels club battle flag - a US Confederate flag with a cap-wearing skull and a one per cent patch.
Ms Martin speaks at her husband s funeral at the same time that thieves stole $20,000 in cash belonging to her from a safe in a family friend s home in Rockingham
Funeral for murdered former Rebels boss Nick Martin draws hundreds of bikies in Perth
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Hundreds of mourners have gathered at the funeral of former Rebels president Nick Martin, who was gunned down earlier this month in front of onlookers at the Perth Motorplex.
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His killing has sparked fears of retaliation and ongoing violence
Traffic interruptions are anticipated following his funeral service
The deafening sound of motorbikes revving filled the air outside a funeral home in North Perth as bikies took to the road to farewell Martin.