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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rod McGuirk

Australia’s top court denies war hero’s final appeal against finding he likely killed unarmed Afghans

Ben Roberts-Smith - (AP)

Australia’s highest court on Thursday removed the last chance for war hero Ben Roberts-Smith to clear his name of findings that he unlawfully killed four unarmed Afghans more than a decade ago.

The High Court said it would not hear his appeal against a federal judge’s civil court finding in 2023 that Mr Roberts-Smith likely killed non-combatants unlawfully in 2009 and 2012.

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