War veteran accused of 'exhibition execution' at trial

2022-03-15 629

A former elite soldier has told a Sydney Court war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith's alleged shooting of an Afghan man during a 2009 mission was an exhibition execution. Mr Robert-Smith denies the allegation and is suing three newspapers for defamation after they published details of it in articles in 2018. Mr Robert-Smith denies the alelgation and is suing three newspapers for defamation after they published details of in articules in 2018.