A former SAS soldier accused of war crimes has denied giving favourable evidence in the defamation case launched by Ben Roberts-Smith to avoid criminal prosecution for alleged murder.
The witness codenamed Person 11 on Wednesday in the Federal Court was asked about an Australian Federal Police investigation into war crime allegations in Afghanistan.
Nicholas Owens SC, representing the media outlets, suggested Person 11 was using the civil suit "to influence whether a prosecution may ever be brought".