An SAS witness who allegedly murdered an Afghan prisoner under orders from war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith has not been forced by the Federal Court to speak about the mission.
Justice Anthony Besanko on Wednesday said the elite soldier codenamed Person 66 was not required to give evidence about a 2012 mission in the Syahchow region where the alleged war crime occurred.
Nicholas Owens SC, representing the newspapers Mr Roberts-Smith is suing for defamation, then asked another two questions but both were successfully objected to under Justice Besanko's ruling.
