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Once a hero to politicians and civilians alike, a court found the 44-year-old's reputation is now so lowered that two unproven allegations of battlefield murder weren't enough to defame him.
The war crimes, by Ben Roberts-Smith and others, flowed directly from the character of the war as a neo-colonial occupation aimed at subjugating an entire population.
As a media boss, Kerry Stokes should be backing journalism rather than aiding and abetting a war criminal.
Ben Roberts-Smith had sued for defamation after newspapers reported he had murdered civilians in Afghanistan.
An ex STAR-Group officer talks about how he mentally coped after almost dying on the job.