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The war veteran’s high-stakes defamation appeal drew to a close on Friday, as his barrister urged a court to overturn a decision finding he was complicit in four murders.

The witnesses – who detailed the killing of villager Ali Jan by Australian soldier Ben Roberts-Smith – should be believed, despite efforts by the disgraced soldier’s legal team to undermine their credibility, a court has been told.

The barrister acting for the newspapers has told the former soldier’s appeal there were only minor differences in the evidence of witnesses about the death of an Afghan prisoner with a prosthetic leg.

The war veteran’s bid to overturn a decision dismissing his defamation suit should be rejected, The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald have told an appeal court.

Roberts-Smith, 45, is seeking to overturn June defamation trial judgment that found he engaged in war crimes in Afghanistan

Ben Roberts-Smith’s barrister told an appeal court that a judge should not have found the war veteran ordered the execution of an Afghan prisoner.

Evidence that Ben Roberts-Smith engaged in war crimes in Afghanistan has been criticised as inconsistent, i...

Lawyers representing Ben Roberts-Smith have continued their attack on an allegedly flawed judgment that dismissed his defamation case over war crimes reports.

Lawyers representing Ben Roberts-Smith have continued their attack on an allegedly flawed judgment that dismissed his defamation case...

Ex-SAS corporal has appealed a defamation trial decision in favour of Nine and the Canberra Times over 2018 reports on alleged war crimes