Former SAS soldier tells Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial Afghan killed in Darwan posed a direct threat

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A former SAS soldier has backed up Ben Roberts-Smith's account in court that an Afghan insurgent was lawfully shot in a cornfield and not an unarmed prisoner kicked off a cliff:

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"This individual was moving in a very suspicious manner ... saw this person was carrying a radio which led me to make the assessment that this was a spotter." The body was quickly searched, "head to toe, back to front," and an Icom radio was retrieved close to where the man fell, he said.Mr Roberts-Smith is suing for defamation The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald over 2018 media reports claiming he committed war crimes in Afghanistan including murder, and acts of bullying and domestic violence.

 

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