SYDNEY - Australia's most decorated soldier was "complicit in and responsible for the murder" of three Afghan men on deployment, a judge said, elaborating on his findings against the former Special Air Service Regiment (SAS) special forces corporal in a blockbuster defamation trial.
Mr Ben Roberts-Smith, holder of the Victoria Cross and other top military honours, was also "not an honest and reliable witness in...
many areas" and a bully towards other Australian soldiers, federal court judge Anthony Besanko said in his full judgment released on Monday.
Judge Besanko last Thursday threw out Mr Roberts-Smith's defamation case against three Australian newspapers which had accused him of unlawful killings in Afghanistan.
He said the media outlets had proven substantial truth in their reporting, ending a case that lifted the veil of secrecy over the elite SAS.
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