Ben Roberts-Smith defamation appeal is million-dollar gamble
The battle lines are drawn in the former SAS corporal’s appeal, which starts on Monday and will run for 10 days.
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The battle lines are drawn in the former SAS corporal’s appeal, which starts on Monday and will run for 10 days.
The battle lines are drawn in the former SAS corporal’s appeal, which starts on Monday and will run for 10 days.
The judge who presided over Ben Roberts-Smith’s multimillion-dollar lawsuit said the former soldier had a motive to lie and had threatened a soldier who ultimately gave evidence against him.
Two of Ben Roberts-Smith’s friends have admitted they were mistaken about evidence they gave, or proposed to give, in the war veteran’s defamation case.
The defence in the Ben Roberts-Smith 'trial of the century' may call a key witness who was present the day of the murder of a prisoner allegedly ordered by the decorated Australian soldier.