Ben Roberts-Smith v the media, part 5: the letters | Full Story podcast

In June 2018, an SAS soldier known in this defamation trial as Person 18 says he received two threatening letters at his barracks in Perth. Subscribe to Guardian Australia on YouTube and hit the bell to see new videos ► http://bit.ly/gdnaustraliasubs In their defence, the newspapers allege that these letters were written by Ben Roberts-Smith. He denies this outright. In this episode, Ben Doherty explains why the newspapers think these letters are important to their defence of this case and we hear testimony from Ben Roberts-Smith, as well as his former employee John McLeod and ex-wife Emma Roberts, who are witnesses for the newspapers, read by voice actors. We also hear closing arguments from both sides and from a defamation barrister about what this trial tells us about defamation law in Australia. Follow the Australia news live blog for the latest updates ► https://www.theguardian.com/australia... Support the Guardian ► https://support.theguardian.com/contr... Website ► https://theguardian.com/au Facebook ►   / theguardianaustralia   Instagram ►   / guardianaustralia   Twitter ►   / guardianaus   TikTok ►   / guardianaustralia   LinkedIn ►   / guardianaustralia   Subscribe to the Guardian's other YouTube channels: The Guardian ► https://bit.ly/guardiannewssubs Guardian News ► https://bit.ly/guardiannewssubs Guardian Football ► https://bit.ly/gdnfootballsubs Guardian Sport ► https://bit.ly/gdnsportsubs Guardian Live ► https://bit.ly/guardianlivesubs #guardianaustralia #news #breakingnews #theguardian