The Ben Roberts-Smith defamation judgment: read Justice Anthony Besanko’s full summary

In the federal court of Australia the judge dismissed the Victoria Cross recipient’s case against three newspapers who accused him of war crimes

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The following summary was prepared by the federal court of Australia to accompany the judgment made on Thursday by Justice Anthony Besanko on the Ben Roberts-Smith defamation case.

Besanko has dismissed the Victoria Cross recipient’s case against three newspapers who accused him of war crimes.

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The applicant as deputy commander of a 2009 SASR patrol, acquiesced in the execution of an unarmed Afghan by a junior trooper in his patrol.

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