Ben Roberts-Smith

2022 - 3 - 13

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Former SAS soldier tells court he witnessed Ben Roberts-Smith ... (ABC News)

A former elite soldier codenamed Person 24 says he saw the Victoria Cross recipient carry a man out of a compound in Afghanistan before shooting him.

"He has a hunched-over walking style when he's working. "Person 5 came to the doorway of our patrol room and he was in a jovial manner dancing a bit of a jig ... and he said that we are going to blood the rookie," he said. "He said it was tough," the witness replied. He admitted he gave Person 14 a "welfare call" after Person 14's first day giving evidence to the court. Person 14 has previously told the court he saw "a black object which was similar to a human" being taken outside the compound and thrown to the ground with a "thud". "He was holding a man in his hand, it appeared he'd come off his feet and he was being held parallel to the ground," Person 24 told the court in Sydney.

'Did we witness an execution?': Soldier testifies at Ben Roberts ... (The West Australian)

An SAS squadmate has accused decorated veteran Ben Roberts-Smith of a war crime killing in explosive court testimony today.

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Witness claims Ben Roberts-Smith executed an Afghan prisoner ... (Daily Mail)

A court has heard that decorated war hero Ben Roberts-Smith allegedly picked up an Afghan man, then carried him out of a compound before murdering him in ...

The witness said on Monday the prisoner Mr Roberts-Smith was holding was alive before he was executed, making sounds 'like a grunting noise'. He said the VC recipient marched out of the compound and dropped the man on the ground before immediately opening fire 'with a machine gun burst into his back'. The witness said he watched Mr Roberts-Smith walk out of the compound holding a man in his hand parallel to the ground.

Roberts-Smith 'opened fire' on prisoner (Newcastle Herald)

A former SAS corporal has told the Federal Court he watched Ben Roberts-Smith open fire on an Afghan...

'Did we just witness an execution?': Former SAS soldier describes ... (The Sydney Morning Herald)

A former elite soldier has told the Federal Court that he saw his former comrade Ben Roberts-Smith drop an Afghan man to the ground and machine-gun him in ...

Person 41 said he witnessed Mr Roberts-Smith shoot a second man, who had a prosthetic leg, during the same mission. Under cross-examination by Mr Moses, Person 24 agreed that he was in regular contact with Person 14. He said it was tough. Person 24, a former Special Air Service soldier, gave evidence in Mr Roberts-Smith’s defamation case on Monday that he saw the decorated former soldier march out of a compound dubbed Whiskey 108 in 2009 holding an Afghan man by his shirt or pants. Mr Roberts-Smith has said any killings were carried out lawfully in the heat of battle. “I just asked him how he was going; if he was all right.

Former SAS soldier describes alleged killing by Ben Roberts-Smith during court trial (SBS)

War veteran Ben Roberts-Smith dropped an Afghan prisoner onto the ground before executing him with a burst of machine-gun fire in the back, a court has been told. Advertisement. The 43-year-old is suing The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and The ...

The witness said on Monday that the prisoner Mr Roberts-Smith was holding was alive before he was executed, making sounds "like a grunting noise". The witness said he watched Mr Roberts-Smith walk out of the compound holding a man in his hand parallel to the ground. He said the VC recipient marched out of the compound and dropped the man on the ground before immediately opening fire "with a machine gun burst into his back". The witness said on Monday that the prisoner Mr Roberts-Smith was holding was alive before he was executed, making sounds "like a grunting noise". The witness said he watched Mr Roberts-Smith walk out of the compound holding a man in his hand parallel to the ground. He said the VC recipient marched out of the compound and dropped the man on the ground before immediately opening fire "with a machine gun burst into his back".

We're all pretty screwed, but at least we're not Ben Roberts-Smith (Green Left)

There's a lot going on right now (life-changing floods, bushfires, war, the threat of nuclear catastrophe, an impending election where both major parties ...

Or maybe you aren’t actually “the good guys” and should think twice before denouncing the crimes of others. Or what does it say when one of your military’s biggest heroes is an alleged total fucking psychopath? Moore can take heart, however, that Roberts-Smith has put her efforts in the shade.