Judge finds evidence of misconduct by decorated war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith.
Ben Roberts-Smith, Australia's most decorated living soldier, has been found "complicit in and responsible for" the murder of three Afghans and threatened witnesses in a landmark defamation trial. The former special forces corporal lost a defamation suit against three Australian newspapers over war crimes allegations. The judge found the claims that Roberts-Smith had murdered unarmed prisoners and civilians while serving in Afghanistan were "substantially true". He is expected to appeal to the full bench of the federal court. Roberts-Smith is currently the subject of an Australian Federal Police inquiry into alleged war crimes committed in Afghanistan.
