Published: Jun 01, 2023, 01:40 IST | Updated: Jun 01, 2023, 01:40 IST
One of Australia's most decorated soldiers has lost a defamation case against some newspapers. Along with that, the judge in Sydney has found that the Victoria Cross a drawn Ben Roberts-Smith murdered unarmed civilians in Afghanistan. The judgment came after a year-long trial but it is not a criminal finding of guilt rather it is a determination on the Civil standard of the balance of probabilities. The trial and the findings uncovered several horrific incidents which involved the decorated soldier.