Ben Roberts-Smith ordered SAS comrade to mock execute another Australian soldier, court hears
by Ben Doherty from World news | The Guardian on (#5XPED)
Former soldier tells defamation trial Roberts-Smith said shoot him', referring to a soldier playing a prisoner. Roberts-Smith denies the incident took place.
Ben Roberts-Smith ordered an SAS comrade to mock execute another Australian soldier during a training exercise, and told his patrol members that's how it's going to be on the day", the federal court has heard.
Later, in Afghanistan, after an abortive mission to the Chora Valley, Roberts-Smith allegedly threatened the same comrade he could be reported to the Hague" if he did not lie about firing his weapon near civilians.
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