A judge of the Federal Court of Australia has found the media was truthful in describing our nation's most decorated living soldier as a war criminal, after hearing extensive evidence from Australian soldiers and many other witnesses during a three-month defamation hearing.
Witnesses told the truth
Australia's most decorated living soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith VC, has lost the defamation case he chose to bring against The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Canberra Times, as well as several of their journalists, with Justice Anthony Besanko finding that the description of him as a ‘war criminal' who perpetrated numerous atrocities including the murder of several civilians in Afghanistan is truthful.
