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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.
Benjamin Roberts-Smith VC, MG (born 1 November 1978) is an Australian former soldier [1] who, in a civil defamation trial in 2023 he initiated in the Federal Court of Australia, was found to have committed war crimes (including murder) in Afghanistan during 2009, 2010 and 2012.
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...
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.
Jun 1, 2023 · Ben Roberts-Smith has lost one of the most expensive defamation trials in Australia and, along with it, his reputation. There are other factors that now need to be considered.
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...
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.
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,...
Jul 11, 2023 · Australia's most-decorated living soldier Ben Roberts-Smith is appealing against a landmark defamation judgement which found he committed war crimes. A judge last month ruled articles alleging...
Oct 3, 2021 · Ben Roberts-Smith is suing three newspapers that accused him of unlawful killings in Afghanistan. But much more than the reputation of one soldier is at stake.
