Witness in Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial denies he is a ‘liar and a fantasist’
by Ben Doherty from on (#5XQVC)
Former SAS soldier defends himself against accusations from Arthur Moses SC of trying to justify his own failures as a soldier
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A former SAS soldier who testified that Ben Roberts-Smith ordered him to stage a mock execution of a comrade during a training drill has defended himself in court against accusations he was a liar and fantasist who was trying to justify his own failures as a soldier.
Roberts-Smith's lawyers accused the former soldier, known as Person 10, of fabricating evidence out of malice against Roberts-Smith, and feelings of inadequacy about his own performance on missions in Afghanistan.
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