The 41-year-old is the first current or former Australian serviceman to be charged with the war crime of murder under Australian law.abc.net.au/news/sas-soldier-war-crime-bail-sydney-court/102151012The lawyer for a former Australian serviceman charged with a war crime relating to his deployment in Afghanistan has argued his client should be granted bail because he is "extremely vulnerable" to Islamic extremists.
The ABC understands the charges relate to the shooting death of Dad Mohammed in May 2012, in central Uruzgan province. "This is not a simple case of an ex-Army officer being in prison, this is a case of an ex-Army officer being in prison charged with this crime.Mr Boulten said when his client was arrested by the AFP last week, he was initially taken to Goulburn Prison and placed in the facility's "medical clinic".
"You are entitled to draw inferences from actions and the actions of the prison authorities to shepherd this man into the medical clinic are almost certainly due to the risk [posed to him]."Mr Boulten said his client is now in a segregation cell at another prison and was told he was placed there because staff "didn't want anyone taking a shot at him".
He added that his client had led an unexceptional and law-abiding life for years while the matter was under investigation, and there was no flight risk.
He’ll be fine. He killed before he can kill again. No one’s going to step up to a soldier inside.
Did he not learn to defend himself?
Why would the ADF release sensitive SASR operation footage to the media?
FUBAR, Islamic extremists not on 24h lockdown can roam and attack other prisoners then an prisoner not convicted shouldn’t be in the same prison.
What a disgrace jailing an Australian soldier
He should face the consequences of killing innocent people like if he was playing a video game. He had no mercy on the innocent lives he took. The video showed how brave and though he was when he was killing innocent human beings.
Vulnerable like the person he murdered?
He was/is a highly trained soldier fighting for a cause because he's ordered to. Then you treat him like this!! Give the man a medal.
Bullshit he should be locked up with the rest of the criminals
He’s just a symptom of the rotten culture that was allowed to permeate the SAS and sully its reputation. The top brass, who allowed this to happen, should also be on trial.
now you blur his face, well it a bit late for that, isn't it!
He can join the white supremacist cohort inside
How is a soldier vulnerable in jail ? 🤔
I don’t give a crap if this guy is vulnerable in prison. The innocent civilian he stalked and shot in cold blood was obviously unaware he was vulnerable as well. He deserves no better prison arrangement than any other convicted murderer.
Yet the Bushes, Clinton’s and Obama walk free? Weird.
Don't care
Stick him with the pedos…
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How about we start locking up those who sent these people off to wars we have no right in being in.
Australia. The only country on earth to bastardise our own soldiers in our self-proclaimed righteousness. We and the West deserve to lose the next war.
Moral of the story - if you are an AustralianSoldier on special patrol & you take an ABC reporter with you - then make sure an incident happens to that reporter & your ass is covered . You know - tragedies of war . Because ABC will turn against Aussie patriots in half-a-second
Lololololololololol..Hopefully the Islamic extremists in that jail will find a way to get at the COWARD murderer...
good.
Polititions should be held responsible for this and charged with war crimes
How 'vulnerable ' were the victims of the alleged war crime?
Pretty sure he could look after himself against a couple of goat fkers
It’s his command that should be being judged. They made him what he was, and is. They all hide behind their stars and badges. Just how many other lives have they destroyed. Just look at the past PTSD deaths; and if you keep pushing there will be another. Just walk away and accuse
Shits me that our government sent our defence force to illegal invasion of another country and then they played games with the soldiers that thought they were just doing what the government wanted them to do. Messed up. AlboMP why do this to them?
The issue is that Islamic extremists roam free in prison when they should be locked down 24/7. He has not been found guilty yet so he still should be afforded bail.
No bail for murderers
Too bad. Don't commit war crimes.
Not guilty ..
Yet Julia nassange rots in jail for exposing the war crimes of the west. Really shows you how corrupt our and evil the west really is.
When will a former Australian Prime Minister, who send this soldier to that war, be arrested and charged with war crimes?
He needs to think about those he murdered
why not talk about real war crimes, like the Ukraine nazi's
Out of curiosity is he as venerable as those he is accused of hurting
We send our men (boys really) into battle and this is how we treat them?
Innocent until proven guilty. To many wokes are already finding him guilty
Not as vulnerable as the person he shot
Don't commit war crimes.
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