Ben Roberts-Smith threatened to put ‘bullet in head’ of fellow soldier, court told | MWhitbourn
, a serving SAS soldier told the court in Sydney on Thursday that the decorated former soldier had bullied him, including spitting on the ground in front of him and letting doors slam in his face.The soldier, dubbed Person 1 because his identity cannot be revealed for national security reasons, joined the Defence Force in 2000 as an Army reservist before being selected for the SAS in 2004. He said he was deployed to Afghanistan seven times including as part of Mr Roberts-Smith’s patrol in 2006.
Person 1 acknowledged that he received some performance reviews during “a few months” in 2006 that contained legitimate professional criticism and that some of his skills such as manoeuvring vehicles were not up to standard at that time. “It made me fearful for my own personal safety,” Person 1 said. “It made me lose more confidence. It made me perform worse.”He said he reported the incident to his superiors and Mr Roberts-Smith subsequently approached him while he was standing in line for lunch one day and “stood right up close to me ... looked down on me [and said], ‘If you’re going to make accusations, c--t, you’d better have some f--king proof.
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