Australia's most decorated living war veteran committed war crimes in Afghanistan including drinking beer from the prosthetic leg of a prisoner he had killed, a judge has ruled.
Claims by Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith that he was defamed by the media have been dismissed.
Federal Court judge Anthony Besanko on Thursday ruled articles published in 2018 about a number of war crimes committed by Mr Roberts-Smith, a former Special Air Service Regiment (SASR) corporal who now is a media company executive, were substantially true.
