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Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial: Andrew Hastie says he ‘is no longer proud’ of former comrade

Assistant defence minister tells court ‘I don’t dislike Mr Roberts-Smith at all … I pity Mr Roberts-Smith’

The Guardian - AU

Federal MP Andrew Hastie tells court he 'pities' Ben Roberts-Smith

Federal MP Andrew Hastie tells a Sydney court he "pities" war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith, who is suing the publisher of several newspapers for defamation.

ABC News

Logan’s mother told police she knew stepfather had assaulted him, court hears

Angharad Williamson, mother of murdered five-year-old Logan Mwangi, only admitted knowledge of abuse in a fourth police interview, a court heard.

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Assistant defence minister Andrew Hastie tells court Ben Roberts-Smith was seen as a bully in SAS

Hastie, giving evidence in defamation trial, also claims Roberts-Smith’s reported version of Afghanistan mission was an ‘alternate universe’

The Guardian - AU

‘I was afraid of what he might do’: woman tells court Ben Roberts-Smith punched her and threatened to burn down her house

Woman who had affair with former SAS soldier tells defamation trial he refused to take her to hospital for treatment and took naked photos of her while she slept

The Guardian - AU

Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial: woman who war veteran had affair with to give evidence

Person 17, who is at the centre of an allegation of domestic violence, which Ben Roberts-Smith denies, will enter the witness box

The Guardian - AU

Roberts-Smith 'punched, threatened' woman

Ben Roberts-Smith's former mistress has tearfully told a court how the Victoria Cross recipient punched and threatened her after an event at Parliament House.

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Soldier denies 'tarnishing' Roberts-Smith

An SAS soldier who blew the lid on alleged war crimes committed by Ben Roberts-Smith has continued his testimony at a defamation trial in Sydney.

AAP

Off-the-record conversations heard at Ben Roberts-Smith trial offer rare insight into origins of defamation case

As the Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial entered a seventh week for this year, the Federal Court heard off-the-record conversations from an SAS soldier revealed as a key source for two journalists.

ABC News

Watch SAS Blue Thunder helicopter in the UK skies while people slept

Eyewitness tells how they saw people being lowered from the aircraft before being collected again

Wales Online

SAS Blue Thunder helicopter spotted circling Jaguar Land Rover Halewood

Footage shows people abseiling from the helicopter onto the roof on ropes

Liverpool Echo

SAS Blue Thunder helicopter circles over town under cover of darkness in stunning footage

The rarely seen chopper was filmed hovering over Bury in Greater Manchester at night time, with figures spotted abseiling toward the ground quickly in stunning footage

Daily Mirror

SAS soldier denies 'dumping' on war hero

An SAS soldier has rejected claims he spoke to an investigative journalist about Ben Roberts-Smith as way to "dump" on the war hero.

AAP

Footage shows SAS Blue Thunder helicopter circle above Bury under cover of darkness

A witness said that the helicopters were lowering people onto the roof on a rope and then coming back to pick them up

Manchester Evening News

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The Guardian - AU

SAS whistleblower could not ignore war crime allegation against Ben Roberts-Smith, court hears

Witness tells defamation trial he knew appearing on 60 Minutes in 2019 breached defence force rules but does not regret it

AAP

SAS soldier could 'not ignore' allegations

An SAS soldier says he is not proud of being a whistleblower but felt the allegations against Ben Roberts-Smith were so serious he could not walk away.

The Guardian - AU

Ben Roberts-Smith accused of ‘intimidating witnesses’ to war crimes inquiry, court hears

Court also hears evidence from serving SAS veteran that Victoria Cross recipient wanted to ‘choke a man to death with my bare hands’ in Afghanistan

AAP

Roberts-Smith's 'threat to choke to death'

Ben Roberts-Smith threatened to choke a man to death with his bare hands in Afghanistan and also assaulted an unarmed frightened prisoner, an SAS soldier says.

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The Guardian - AU

Ben Roberts-Smith machine-gunned Afghan with prosthetic leg as ‘an exhibition execution’, witness alleges

Roberts-Smith ‘wanted people to see he was going to kill someone’, former comrade tells defamation trial during cross-examination

AAP

Soldier breaks down in Roberts-Smith trial

An SAS witness has broken down describing the negative effect Ben Roberts-Smith had on a fellow soldier who served in Afghanistan as "heartbreaking".

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Ant Middleton's This Morning appearance fuels complaints from viewers as he admits prison past

Ant Middleton being on This Morning sparked a number of complaints as the SAS star opened up on being in prison

The Guardian - AU

Former SAS soldier tells court he watched Ben Roberts-Smith kill unarmed disabled Afghan man

Witness tells defamation trial he saw Roberts-Smith throw a man to the ground and shoot him in the back with a machine gun outside Whiskey 108 compound

ABC News

Former SAS soldier tells court he witnessed Ben Roberts-Smith shoot man in back outside Taliban compound

A former elite soldier codenamed Person 24 says he saw the Victoria Cross recipient carry a man out of a compound in Afghanistan before shooting him.

AAP

Roberts-Smith 'opened fire' on prisoner

A former SAS soldier has told the Federal Court that he watched Ben Roberts-Smith drop an Afghan male on the ground before executing him with a machine gun.

ABC News

SAS 'rumour' mill, bullying claims and doubts over Victoria Cross dominate Ben Roberts-Smith trial

It's difficult to imagine two environments more different than a club of country wives and a military unit of elite soldiers, but evidence at the Ben Roberts-Smith trial this week says otherwise.

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