The man was giving evidence in the Federal Court on Wednesday supporting Roberts-Smith in the decorated former soldier’s defamation case againstThe Age,The Sydney Morning Herald andThe Canberra Times.
Under cross-examination by the newspapers’ barrister,Nicholas Owens,SC,Person 11 agreed the AFP had requested to interview him on two occasions but said he was unaware of any “ongoing investigation” into his alleged conduct.
“Have you been told that an investigation has been stopped?” Owens asked.
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“I’m not aware of any investigation,” Person 11 said.
Person 11 was shown an email from his lawyer dated December 5,2019,stating that their client “respectfully declines the offer to participate in a record of interview as part of the AFP investigation into his conduct during ADF operations in Afghanistan”.
Asked if he was aware of an investigation as at December 2019,he said that “to the best of my knowledge I was just aware they wanted to question me”.