Ben Roberts-Smith’s lawyer has sensationally claimed the case against the celebrated soldier “has more holes than Swiss cheese”.
Mr Roberts-Smith’s marathon defamation trial is in its final days in Sydney’s Federal Court after years of preparation and months of evidence.
The newspapers, and some SAS witnesses, further claim Mr Roberts-Smith executed the Afghan with a fake leg by dragging him outside Whiskey 108 and machine gunning him with a Minimi weapon. The first, the barrister said, is that the tunnel area was very busy but only one SAS witness claimed to be nearby when Person 4 allegedly executed the elderly Afghan.
Person 4 told the court he watched Mr Roberts-Smith kick a farmer off a steep drop and into a dry creek bed in the town of Darwan in September that year. Ali Jan - the farmer allegedly kicked off a cliff by Mr Roberts-Smith and executed by his men. He denies the claim but Person 4, who was on the mission, claims he saw Mr Jan's head hit a rock and it deeply affected him. Picture: Nine