A soldier who fought alongside Ben Roberts-Smith at the battle of Tizak where Roberts-Smith won his Victoria Cross has told the federal court he killed one of the Taliban machine gunners credited to Roberts-Smith on his official VC citation.
During a dramatic and at times emotional three days in the witness box, the decorated former SAS sergeant, known before the court as Person 4, said he still believed Roberts-Smith was a deserving recipient of the Australian military’s highest honour. He said that he had “loved him like a brother”, and that he was “reluctant” to give evidence in the trial brought by his former comrade.
