Ben Roberts-Smith and patrol let down by ‘weak leadership’ in SAS, court hears
by Ben Doherty from World news | The Guardian on (#5XTEC)
Witness in defamation case brought by Roberts-Smith tells court SAS command should have dealt with' war crimes allegations earlier
Weak leadership" of Australia's SAS let down" Ben Roberts-Smith and members of his patrol by failing to investigate allegations of war crimes and allowing the rumours to circulate publicly, the federal court has heard.
A former SAS corporal, anonymised before the court as Person 31, told the court in evidence on Monday he was concerned enough by allegations he heard from Robert-Smith's own patrol members that he confronted the Victoria Cross winner about them.
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