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militaryjustice2 years ago

"Australian War Hero Appeals Court Ruling on Afghan Murders"

Australia's most decorated war veteran, Ben Roberts-Smith, has lodged an appeal against a court ruling that blamed him for the unlawful killings of four Afghans. Roberts-Smith lost a defamation suit against newspapers that accused him of war crimes, with the court confirming his appeal on Tuesday. He remains under police investigation for criminal prosecution over war crimes, and there are calls for him to be stripped of his Victoria Cross. Roberts-Smith has agreed to pay the legal costs of the newspapers if his appeal fails.

via Fox News|
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military2 years ago

Australian War Hero Refuses to Apologize for Alleged War Crimes Verdict.

Ben Roberts-Smith, Australia's most decorated war veteran, has said he will not apologise for his actions in Afghanistan, despite being found by a civil court to have played a part in the murder of four Afghans. Roberts-Smith, who served in the Special Air Service on six tours from 2006 to 2012, was dismissed in his defamation case against three newspapers for articles accusing him of violating the rules of engagement and killing unarmed Afghans. The judge ruled that the newspapers had proven substantial truth in their reporting. Roberts-Smith has not been charged with any crimes.

via Reuters.com|
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world2 years ago

Ben Roberts-Smith refuses to apologize for alleged war crimes.

Ben Roberts-Smith, Australia's most-decorated living soldier, has refused to apologize for alleged war crimes after a landmark defamation case found him responsible for the murders of four Afghans. The former special forces corporal, who remains innocent and will consider an appeal, sued three Australian newspapers over a series of articles alleging he had carried out unlawful killings and bullied fellow soldiers while deployed in Afghanistan between 2009-2012. The Office of the Special Investigator (OSI) and the Australian Federal Police (AFP) will examine three alleged murders involving the former soldier, who has not been charged over any of the claims in a criminal court.

via BBC|
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crime2 years ago

Judge finds evidence of criminal behavior by Australian soldier Ben Roberts-Smith.

Ben Roberts-Smith, Australia's most decorated soldier, was "complicit in and responsible for the murder" of three Afghan men on deployment, according to a judge in one of the country's longest-running defamation trials. Roberts-Smith had sued three Australian newspapers for defamation after they reported he had murdered Afghans during multiple deployments to the country from 2006 to 2012. The judge ruled that the media outlets had proven substantial truth in their reporting, including that in 2012 Roberts-Smith kicked an unarmed and handcuffed Afghan man off a cliff and then ordered two soldiers in his unit to kill the badly injured man.

via Al Jazeera English|
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politics2 years ago

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.

via BBC|
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military2 years ago

Decorated Australian soldier resigns after war crime allegations and defamation case loss.

Ben Roberts-Smith, Australia's most decorated living war veteran, has resigned from his corporate job after a civil court found him responsible for unlawfully killing four Afghans, escalating calls for him to be stripped of his Victoria Cross medal. Roberts-Smith had taken leave since 2021 to focus on his federal court case, which he lost on Thursday, with the judge finding him responsible for four of the six unlawful deaths he had been accused of. Roberts-Smith remains under Australian police investigation for criminal prosecution for war crimes, and his SAS colleagues are among those calling for him to be stripped of his honors.

via The Associated Press|
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military2 years ago

War crimes scandal rocks Australian military and corporate world.

Ben Roberts-Smith, Australia's most decorated living war veteran, has resigned from his corporate job after a civil court found him responsible for unlawfully killing four Afghans, escalating calls for him to be stripped of his Victoria Cross medal. Roberts-Smith had taken leave since 2021 to focus on his federal court case, which he lost on Thursday, with the judge finding that he was responsible for four of the six unlawful deaths he had been accused of. Roberts-Smith remains under Australian police investigation for criminal prosecution for war crimes, and his SAS colleagues are among those calling for him to be stripped of his honors.

via Yahoo News|
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world-news2 years ago

The aftermath of Ben Roberts-Smith's defamation case in Australia.

Ben Roberts-Smith, Australia's most-decorated living soldier, has lost a defamation case against three newspapers who reported claims that he had murdered unarmed prisoners and civilians while serving in Afghanistan. The judge said in his civil case ruling that the newspapers' allegations that Mr Roberts-Smith was actually a war criminal, a liar and a bully were "substantially true". The case is the first time an Australian court has assessed accusations of war crimes by Australian forces - ahead of what many predict will be a wider reckoning in the years to come.

via BBC|
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crime2 years ago

Australian War Hero Found Guilty of Murdering Unarmed Afghan Civilians

Ben Roberts-Smith, Australia's most decorated living war veteran, has been found to have unlawfully killed prisoners and committed other war crimes in Afghanistan by a federal court judge. The judge dismissed Roberts-Smith's claims of defamation by media and found that the articles published in 2018 were substantially true about a number of war crimes committed by him. The accusations included killing a prisoner who had a prosthetic leg, kicking an unarmed, handcuffed farmer off a cliff into a riverbed where he directed a soldier under his command to shoot the farmer dead, and pressuring a "newly deployed and inexperienced" soldier to kill an elderly, unarmed Afghan to "blood the rookie."

via The Times of Israel|
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crime2 years ago

Australian decorated soldier Ben Roberts-Smith found guilty of war crimes.

Australian soldier Ben Roberts-Smith, who was awarded the Victoria Cross for bravery, has lost his defamation suit against three newspapers that reported he had murdered Afghans during multiple deployments to the country. The court found that Roberts-Smith probably killed unarmed civilians in Afghanistan. The case comes amid a growing focus on the conduct of Australia’s military, with the landmark Brereton Report finding there was “credible evidence” members of the special forces had unlawfully killed 39 people while deployed in Afghanistan.

via Al Jazeera English|
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law-and-crime2 years ago

Ben Roberts-Smith found guilty of war crimes defamation.

Ben Roberts-Smith, Australia's most-decorated living soldier, has lost a defamation case against three newspapers that accused him of war crimes in Afghanistan. The civil trial was the first time a court has assessed accusations of war crimes by Australian forces. A judge said four of the six murder allegations - all denied by the soldier - were substantially true. The case comes three years after a landmark report found credible evidence that Australian forces had unlawfully killed 39 civilians and prisoners in Afghanistan from 2007 to 2013.

via BBC|
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