BREAKING: A Federal Court judge has found Ben Roberts-Smith did commit war crimes in Afghanistan. The court found he murdered or was complicit in the murder of four unarmed Afghans. 9News DETAILS:
Ben Roberts-Smith, Australia's most-decorated living soldier, has failed in his defamation bid against three newspapers The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Canberra Times.
The defamation trial began in June 2021 and sat for 110 days over 13 months, and heard from 41 witnesses including three who gave evidence from Afghanistan. During the trial the soldier's lawyers argued that the allegations published by the newspapers and journalists Chris Masters and Nick McKenzie were sensationalist, based on rumours and accounts from jealous and obsessed former colleagues.
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