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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial: witness tells court he liked Instagram post calling dead Afghan a ‘terrorist paedo’

Ben Roberts-Smith alleges media reports portrayed him as committing war crimes, which he denies.
Ben Roberts-Smith alleges media reports portrayed him as committing war crimes, which he denies. Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/AAP

A soldier witness called by Ben Roberts-Smith in his defamation trial has told the federal court he liked social media posts that called an Afghan civilian allegedly murdered by Australian soldiers a “terrorist paedo”, and lawyers involved in the case “fuckwits” and “cunts”.

The court heard the former SAS soldier, anonymised before the court as Person 35, liked an Instagram post that said:

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