Ben Roberts-Smith told another soldier in Afghanistan ‘I just want to kill’, court hears
by Ben Doherty from World news | The Guardian on (#5WF3B)
Serving officer in Australian Defence Force tells defamation trial Roberts-Smith showed photos of dead insurgents on his iPod
Ben Roberts-Smith told another soldier I just want to kill cunts" while on deployment in Afghanistan, and had pictures of slain insurgents on an iPod during training, the federal court has heard.
A former SAS soldier, now an officer still serving in the Australian Defence Force, was subpoenaed to give evidence to Roberts-Smith's defamation hearing this week. He was anonymised before the court as Person Two.
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