Ben Roberts-Smith told another soldier in Afghanistan ‘I just want to kill’, court hears

Serving officer in Australian Defence Force tells defamation trial Roberts-Smith showed photos of dead insurgents on his iPod

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Ben Roberts-Smith told another soldier “I just want to kill cunts” while on deployment in Afghanistan, and had pictures of slain insurgents on an iPod during training, the federal court has heard.

A former SAS soldier, now an officer still serving in the Australian Defence Force, was subpoenaed to give evidence to Roberts-Smith’s defamation hearing this week. He was anonymised before the court as Person Two.

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