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Ben Roberts-Smith ordered mock execution of civilian during training drill, defamation trial told

Person 19 says mock execution of soldier pretending to be unarmed Afghan national ordered during training at Lancelin barracks in 2012

The Guardian - AU · Feb 22, 2022

Former soldier tells court Ben Roberts-Smith ordered mock execution of unarmed prisoner during training exercise

A former elite soldier tells a Sydney court war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith surprised colleagues when he ordered the mock execution of an unarmed prisoner during a training exercise.

ABC News · Feb 22, 2022

Roberts-Smith 'told SAS to kill prisoners'

Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith told SAS troopers during a training session to execute Afghan prisoners, the Federal Court has been told.

AAP · Feb 21, 2022

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Superior officer tells court Ben Roberts-Smith threatened to ‘smash his face in’

Officer says he was shocked to learn the Australian SAS ‘weren’t a collegiate team’

The Guardian - AU · Feb 21, 2022

Army officer tells Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial VC recipient threatened to 'smash his face in'

A senior army officer tells a Sydney court he was left "in shock" when his subordinate, Ben Roberts-Smith, threatened to "smash his face in" at an unofficial soldiers' bar in Afghanistan.

ABC News · Feb 21, 2022

Roberts-Smith threats reported to witness

A former SAS patrol commander has told the Federal Court a trooper reported being bullied and having his life threatened by Ben Roberts-Smith.

AAP · Feb 21, 2022

Ben Roberts-Smith: how the soldier’s newspaper defamation suit went from battlefield to backyard

This has been a brutal and uncompromising trial – and it still has many weeks to run

The Guardian - AU · Feb 19, 2022

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Soldier tells court he didn't 'fabricate' Ben Roberts-Smith death threats

An elite soldier who has told a Sydney court decorated war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith bullied him for years, denies blaming others to avoid confronting his own failings.

ABC News · Feb 18, 2022

Sydney news: Free bus travel on some Sydney routes as Opal card readers switched off

MORNING BRIEFING: Bus commuters will get a free ride today as drivers turn off their Opal card readers in a pay dispute with the state government.

ABC News · Feb 17, 2022

SAS witness denies fabricating bullying

An SAS soldier who he was threatened and bullied by Ben Roberts-Smith has denied he fabricated the claims, while giving evidence in the Federal Court.

AAP · Feb 17, 2022

Ben Roberts-Smith warned soldier he would get ‘bullet in the back of the head’, court told

Former SAS colleague tells court he was subjected to bullying, threats and undermining from the decorated soldier

The Guardian - AU · Feb 17, 2022

SAS soldier tells Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial war veteran threatened to shoot him in head

An elite soldier tells a court Ben Roberts-Smith made a comment that made him fear for his personal safety, after he received critical performance reviews from superiors.

ABC News · Feb 17, 2022

Roberts-Smith 'bullet' threat to witness

Ben Roberts-Smith allegedly threatened a fellow SAS soldier with a "bullet in the back of the head" if his performance didn't improve, the witness told a court.

AAP · Feb 16, 2022

Ben Roberts-Smith begins appeal proceedings in case brought against ex-wife

Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith begins appeal proceedings in the case he brought against his ex-wife, Emma Roberts, over allegations she accessed confidential emails.

ABC News · Feb 16, 2022

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The Guardian - AU · Feb 16, 2022

Ben Roberts-Smith trial: soldier tells court at least two men pulled from tunnel in Afghanistan compound

Events at the compound on 12 April, 2009 have emerged as central to the defamation trial brought by Roberts-Smith

AAP · Feb 15, 2022

Roberts-Smith's tunnel version disputed

A new SAS witness has contradicted Ben Roberts-Smith's assertion about there being no men found in a tunnel and later allegedly executed.

The Guardian - AU · Feb 15, 2022

Ben Roberts-Smith’s ex-wife tells court she hopes he ‘survives this nightmare’

Emma Roberts told the court she believed the decorated soldier was withdrawing cash from joint bank accounts and burying it in the garden

ABC News · Feb 15, 2022

Ex-wife of Ben Roberts-Smith denies wanting to see him lose the case and rot in jail

Under a full day of cross-examination, Emma Roberts gives evidence that she does not hate her ex-husband and denies going to court to seek revenge.

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AAP · Feb 14, 2022

Ex-wife labels Roberts-Smith 'Titanic'

Ben Roberts-Smith's former wife denies she is seeking revenge by giving evidence against the decorated soldier after personal text messages were read in court.

The Guardian - AU · Feb 14, 2022

Ben Roberts-Smith told ex-wife to lie about his affair in order to keep children, court hears

Emma Roberts tells court Ben Roberts-Smith pointed to their children and said ‘if you don’t lie you will lose them’

ABC News · Feb 14, 2022

Ben Roberts-Smith's ex-wife tells court her 'life was in chaos' after war veteran's affair

Ben Roberts-Smith's ex-wife tells his defamation trial her "life was in complete chaos" after a woman turned up at their Queensland home to reveal she had been having an affair with the war veteran.

AAP · Feb 13, 2022

Roberts-Smith's ex-wife details his affair

Ben Roberts-Smith's former wife has told a court of the day his girlfriend turned up at their home with a black eye and of USBs buried in their yard.

The Guardian - AU · Feb 11, 2022

Ben Roberts-Smith called alleged killing of unarmed Afghan teenager ‘beautiful thing’, court hears

Roberts-Smith has said in previous evidence the account of the alleged killing was ‘baseless’ and could not have happened

ABC News · Feb 11, 2022

Ben Roberts-Smith described alleged execution of Afghan teen as 'beautiful thing', court hears

The defamation trial for elite soldier Ben Roberts-Smith hears the Victoria Cross recipient allegedly bragged about killing an Afghan teenager in 2012, calling the shooting the "most beautiful thing I've ever seen".

The Guardian - AU · Feb 10, 2022

Victoria’s ‘code brown’ to end; WA records second Covid death – as it happened

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