FORMER Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has slammed a Special Forces chief for not reporting alleged SAS war crimes to police.
Sir Ben said it was indefensible after a fellow officer raised the alarm about over 50 killings in Afghanistan.
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He was warned in 2019 that bombshell claims the SAS killed prisoners and children were “broadly accurate”.
He was also told a probe by Royal Military Police had been deliberately “frustrated”.
But the MoD continued to claim publicly that there was no evidence of wrongdoing.
It was only in December 2022 that he ordered a judge-led inquiry — where he was called to testify yesterday.
Sir Ben said there was a “weight of concern” within the Special Forces over the alleged SAS killings.
A special forces officer wrote to the Director of Special Forces in April 2011 warning him the SAS had an “unofficial policy” that included killing prisoners.
Sir Ben told the inquiry: “I would have expected (the Director) to have acted in accordance with the Armed Forces Act.
“The law requires that person to make a complaint to the military police.”
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