Ben Roberts-Smith punched colleague in jaw after bungled mission, court hears

A former elite soldier has told a Sydney court war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith punched him in the face following a perceived mishap on a mission, before threatening to "f*** you up" if he complained.There were radio communication problems during the missionMr Roberts-Smith is suing The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Canberra Times over 2018 newspaper articles, claiming they contained false allegations of unlawful killings, bullying and domestic violence.

The ex-soldier told the Federal Court he saw a fighting-aged male "acting suspiciously" around a riverbed while he was waiting in an unused building. The court heard Mr Roberts-Smith yelled "cease fire" before another patrol let off smoke to indicate its position, then a woman and child emerged from the riverbed.

He claimed Person 10 "giggled" during the debrief, and he punched him to reinforce the seriousness of the situation.

What about the Victoria Cross he received?

Keep throwing muds at him, ABC. You will pay big at the end!

These blokes are trained to kill, they are killers! You don’t turn that shit on and off like a light switch.

Is this clown done embarrassing himself yet?

It's nothing new, he did this at the boozer Holsworthy when he was in 3RAR. Great bloke.

He was a bit emotional after hearing an inappropriate joke.

Arm chair warriors the lot of you. You have no idea!!

Punches are part of military combat problems solving strategy. Soldiers punching 🤛 each other every single day.

Fair enough.

Part 47 in how to be a murderous arsehole ....

Goodness ,does he own a worm farm? How many cans of worms open so far ? I

He is not the clean cut figure that the LNP made him out to be...

Gee, he was being a soldier - FFS 🤦🏻‍♂️

ANY VIOLENCE BY THE MILITARY SHOULD BE STAMPED OUT IMMEDIATELY!

Benny seems like a really good bloke. The more we learn, the more there is to love. We knew he was as a good bloke when good blokes of the calibre of Mr Stokes vouched for him by paying his legal fees. I see a weekly Ch7 latenite talkshow for Ben after this

Who will play BRS in the mini series? Wrong answers only.

How bad of a bungle was it? Do people that there missions can be life or death?

Honestly it’s come to the point where it should be thought about him being stripped of his VC.

He was in a war. You must have heard about it, it was in all the papers. 🙄

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