'Rumours expanded tenfold': Defamation trial hears a surprising comparison of elite SAS unit

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It's difficult to imagine two environments more different than a club of country wives and a military unit of elite soldiers, but evidence at the Ben Roberts-Smith trial this week says otherwise.

Person 18 said he heard the rumour about the alleged murder of the man with a prosthetic leg first in Afghanistan and then Australia, and it became "widely known".

Person 40 said he heard a "burst of machine-gun fire" about 20 minutes later. The next time he saw the man with the artificial leg, he was dead on the ground.While, like Person 18, he could not recall who he heard it from, it led him to "suspect" Ben Roberts-Smith pulled the trigger. A former patrol commander, Person 43, claimed one man came out of the tunnel, describing him as "elderly", with a beard and wearing "local clothing".

Person 43 said as they left the mission, his colleague Person 40 asked where were the PUCs, to which he replied: "You know where they are." The evidence regarding a man or men in a tunnel contradicts the account Mr Roberts-Smith gave the court last year when he insisted "there were no men in the tunnel".

 

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Interesting he’s a mate of Rolfe, the NT copper who shot 3 bullets into a fellow and killed him for wielding a blunt pair of scissors.. 😳 auspol CrimeandJustice

Oh come on ABC, even if he looses this defamation case, he won't be tried for war crimes committed in Afghanistan. Other question, will it be okay if Meta will allow to violet speech against Australian soldiers, leaders in some countries?

Who would want to fight for this government, academia and media elite? Think about that while you trash a VC recipient.

Having worked at many military bases for an international security company I found many I met joined the military because they had the want to kill and bully attitude

If I was in trouble, needed someone to fight for my life, I would pick BRS everyday and twice on Sunday. Bravo Sir, go well and Thank You. 👏👏👏

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