29 Apr 2022

Damning revelations made by former NZ SAS soldier

From Morning Report, 8:20 am on 29 April 2022

Damning revelations have been made in court by a former New Zealand SAS soldier who dressed up as a member of the Ku Klux Klan at a bar in Afghanistan.

The ex-trooper, codenamed Person 35, has been called as witness in a defamation case by Australia's most decorated living soldier Ben Roberts-Smith.

Roberts-Smith is suing three Australian news outlets over a series of articles alleging him of war crimes, which he denies.

New Zealand journalist Jon Stephenson is covering the case being heard at the Australian Federal Court.

He spoke to Kim Hill.