Ben Roberts-Smith accused of ‘intimidating witnesses’ to war crimes inquiry, court hears
by Ben Doherty from World news | The Guardian on (#5X5C4)
Court also hears evidence from serving SAS veteran that Victoria Cross recipient wanted to choke a man to death with my bare hands' in Afghanistan
Ben Roberts-Smith ran an aggressive intimidation campaign" against witnesses giving evidence to a government war crimes inquiry, a former comrade has told the federal court.
The soldier, anonymised before the court as Person 7, also gave evidence Roberts-Smith repeatedly punched and kicked a terrified" unarmed Afghan prisoner who posed no threat whatsoever"; bullied other Australian soldiers; and made threats he would choke a man to death with my bare hands".
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