Ben Roberts-Smith warned an SAS comrade he would “get a bullet in the back of the head” on the battlefield if he didn’t improve his performance, the comrade has told a defamation trial, saying he took the comment as a threat Roberts-Smith would shoot him.
Roberts-Smith, one of Australia’s most decorated soldiers, carried out a sustained campaign of bullying, threats and undermining of his patrol colleague, the former colleague claimed in his evidence on Thursday.
