Ben Roberts-Smith machine-gunned Afghan with prosthetic leg as ‘an exhibition execution’, witness alleges
by Ben Doherty from World news | The Guardian on (#5X418)
Roberts-Smith wanted people to see he was going to kill someone', former comrade tells defamation trial during cross-examination
Ben Roberts-Smith machine-gunned an Afghan prisoner to death as an exhibition execution", a comrade has told the federal court during cross-examination.
He wanted people to see he was going to kill someone out there in front of everyone," the former SAS soldier, anonymised before court as Person 24, testified during a combative, and at times emotional, second day in the witness box.
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