Australian Afghan war veteran 'killed man and kept prosthetic leg to drink from'
Claims by Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith that he was defamed by the media have been dismissed.
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Claims by Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith that he was defamed by the media have been dismissed.
Ben Roberts-Smith unlawfully killed prisoners in Afghanistan, a judge rules.
Australia’s most decorated living war veteran has lost a defamation case in which three newspapers accused him of committing war crimes in Afghanistan.
SYDNEY (AP) — Australia’s most decorated living war veteran unlawfully killed prisoners and committed other war crimes in Afghanistan, a judge ruled Thursday in dismissing the claims by Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith that he was defamed by media. Federal Court Justice Anthony Besanko ruled that the articles published in 2018 were substantially true about […]
SYDNEY: Australia’s most decorated living war veteran unlawfully killed prisoners and committed other war crimes in Afghanistan, a judge ruled on Thursday (Jun 1) in dismissing the claims by Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith that he was defamed by media. Federal Court judge Anthony Besanko ruled