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Heston Russell said it was 'disgusting' the allegations against the decorated war veteran were heard in a defamation court on the balance of probabilities and not proven beyond reasonable doubt.
Journalist Nick McKenzie said Thursday was 'a day of justice' after a Federal Court judge found Mr Roberts-Smith was involved in killing unarmed prisoners while serving in Afghanistan.
Australia's most decorated soldier Ben Roberts-Smith has spectacularly lost his defamation trial and faces a massive legal bill, possible war crimes prosecution, and career ruin.
2006: SAS Corporal Ben Roberts-Smith is deployed to Afghanistan for the first of six tours, returning in 2007, 2009, 2010 and 2012.
Australia's most decorated soldier Ben Roberts-Smith will learn his fate this afternoon as the judgment in his trial of the century is finally returned - will he be found a wronged hero or a war criminal?