The SAS is a 'toxic environment' where the rumour that Ben Roberts-Smith did not deserve his Victoria Cross was commonplace for 12 years, one of his former comrades has told the Federal Court.
A serving special forces soldier has told the Federal Court that the SAS is a"toxic environment" where rumours easily spread.The SAS is a "toxic environment" where the rumour that Ben Roberts-Smith did not deserve his Victoria Cross was commonplace for 12 years, one of his former comrades has told the Federal Court.
Mr Roberts-Smith is suing The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Canberra Times over reports claiming he committed war crimes and murders in Afghanistan between 2006 and 2012. Arthur Moses SC, on behalf of Mr Roberts-Smith, asked what he meant by such an analogy within the SAS.He explained it was common talk that Mr Roberts-Smith was undeserving of his prestigious VC awarded following the 2010 battle of Tizak in Afghanistan.During an April 2009 mission to a compound dubbed Whiskey 108 located in Uruzgan province, Person 18 said he heard a radio call that prisoners were located inside a tunnel.
However, the next year a new regimental sergeant major called the four men back for another meeting, which went for well over an hour as the group covered a list of topics.
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