Witness tells court he killed a Taliban fighter credited to Ben Roberts-Smith in Victoria Cross award
Former SAS sergeant tells defamation trial he still believes Roberts-Smith a deserving VC recipient but process politicised'
A soldier who fought alongside Ben Roberts-Smith at the battle of Tizak where Roberts-Smith won his Victoria Cross has told the federal court he killed one of the Taliban machine gunners credited to Roberts-Smith on his official VC citation.
During a dramatic and at times emotional three days in the witness box, the decorated former SAS sergeant, known before the court as Person 4, said he still believed Roberts-Smith was a deserving recipient of the Australian military's highest honour. He said that he had loved him like a brother", and that he was reluctant" to give evidence in the trial brought by his former comrade.
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