SAS soldiers told commander that Ben Roberts-Smith not ‘fit and proper person’ to receive Victoria Cross, defamation trial hears

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Serving SAS major, called as witness by Roberts-Smith, tells court two groups of colleagues raised concerns about awarding of medal, but did not allege war crimes

But Person 100 said no allegations of war crimes were raised, contradicting earlier testimony from soldiers who said they did report alleged war crimes, including murder, during the two meetings in 2013.

“I have concerns about Mr Roberts-Smith being a fit and proper person to be awarded the Victoria Cross,” one soldier, known as Person 7, told the meeting, according to Person 100’s testimony. “He has bullied me and others, and had claimed to have carried out actions that others believed they had carried out.”

“I shot an enemy combatant that Mr Roberts-Smith later claimed,” Person 43 told the meeting, according to Person 100’s testimony on Monday. Person 100 told the court those allegations of bullying would be “followed up”. He said he raised the complaints with the SAS’s commanding officer.The court heard that one of the battlefield kills claimed by Roberts-Smith – an insurgent who was behind a boulder – occurred at the end of the Tizak battle. Another soldier also claimed to have killed that insurgent, the court heard.

 

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Yes he was just a bully , not a war criminal ? What was the tactic he was using ....I’m starting think both sides are against this guy for fun

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