Australia’s most-decorated living soldier Ben Roberts-Smith has lost a historic defamation case against three newspapers that accused him of war crimes in Afghanistan.
The outlets were sued over articles alleging he killed unarmed prisoners.
A judge has now said four of the six murder allegations – all denied by the soldier – were substantially true.
The civil trial was the first time a court has assessed accusations of war crimes by Australian forces.
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