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Jun 29, 2024 · In short: Former special forces soldier Ben Roberts-Smith has received a commemorative medal that King Charles has awarded to all living Victoria Cross recipients. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the federal government had no say in the decision.
- Blake Kagi
Ben Roberts-Smith is a former Australian soldier who received the Victoria Cross for Australia for his actions in Afghanistan. He was found to have committed war crimes in Afghanistan in a civil trial in 2023 and is appealing the verdict.
Jun 1, 2023 · Australia's most-decorated living soldier Ben Roberts-Smith has lost a historic defamation case against three newspapers that accused him of war crimes in Afghanistan.
- Tiffanie Turnbull
Jun 1, 2023 · Today, Federal Court Justice Anthony Besanko handed down his long-awaited judgment in the defamation case that Ben Roberts-Smith, Australia’s most decorated living former SAS soldier, brought...
Jun 2, 2023 · The country's most-decorated living soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, had lost a defamation case against three newspapers who reported claims that he had murdered unarmed prisoners and civilians while...
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Jun 1, 2023 · The verdict handed down by Justice Anthony Besanko in the Federal Court on Thursday has been said to "vindicate" news articles which published allegations that Mr Roberts-Smith committed war crimes.
Ben Roberts (1950-2021) was a Welsh actor who played Chief Inspector Derek Conway in The Bill. He also appeared in films such as Another Year, Jane Eyre and Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.
