Witness tells defamation trial he knew appearing on 60 Minutes in 2019 breached defence force rules but does not regret itFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingAn SAS whistleblower who spoke to the media about a war crime allegedly committed by Ben Roberts-Smith has told the federal court he knew he was defying orders in doing so, but felt he couldn’t walk past such an “egregious” allegation.A soldier anonymised as Person 7, a still-serving SAS veteran of multiple deployments to Afghanistan with the SAS, spent a second day under cross-examination in Roberts-Smith’s defamation case on Thursday. He was questioned extensively about his service alongside Roberts-Smith and their fractious relationship. Continue reading...
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