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Jun 1, 2023 · Ben Roberts-Smith, one of Australia's most decorated soldiers, lost a landmark defamation case against major newspapers on June 1 after a bruising trial that saw accusations of murder, domestic ...
Benjamin Roberts-Smith VC, MG (born 1 November 1978) is an Australian former soldier. [1] In 2023, a civil defamation trial initiated by Roberts-Smith in the Federal Court of Australia found that he committed war crimes (including murder) in Afghanistan during 2009, 2010 and 2012.
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.
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Jun 2, 2023 · The newspapers' allegations that Mr Roberts-Smith was actually a war criminal, a liar and a bully were "substantially true", the judge said in his civil case ruling. The case is the first time an ...
Jun 1, 2023 · Four years after the soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, sued three newspapers that had accused him of killing unarmed Afghan prisoners in cold blood, the judge ruled against him in his defamation case ...
May 30, 2023 · Ben Roberts-Smith denies killing Afghan civilians, in a case that's shone a light on elite soldier units.
Jun 1, 2023 · Ben Roberts-Smith is a free man, he will just now have to pay costs to defendants' legal team, how much yet is still to be determined. Mr Roberts-Smith's legal team has asked for an extension of ...