Ben Roberts-Smith: ‘hard to understand’ how Afghan man died other than by unlawful execution, judge says
by Australian Associated Press from World news | The Guardian on (#6JJB1)
Court in former SAS soldier's defamation appeal hears arguments supporting reports old man found in tunnel was unlawfully killed
It is difficult to understand how an elderly Afghan man died during an SAS raid if not through unlawful execution, a judge overseeing Ben Roberts-Smith's defamation appeal says.
During a second week of the Victoria Cross recipient's wide-ranging bid to overturn his landmark defamation loss, the court heard arguments in support of media reports that an old man found in a tunnel and handcuffed had then been unlawfully killed.
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