Witness first heard allegations Ben Roberts-Smith kicked unarmed Afghan off cliff in 2017 interview, court hears

Former SAS soldier tells defamation trial he first heard allegation at interview with inspector general of Australian defence force

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A former SAS soldier has told Ben Roberts-Smith's defamation trial that he first heard the allegation that Roberts-Smith kicked an Afghan prisoner off a cliff when he was interviewed by the inspector general of the Australian defence force in 2017.

The soldier, anonymised as Person 32 and called by Roberts-Smith as a witness, was asked by Arthur Moses SC, acting for Roberts-Smith: When did you first become aware of an allegation Mr Roberts Smith kicked a PUC' [person under control] off a cliff at Darwan?"

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