Australia's most decorated living solider committed war crimes – including murders – while serving with the country’s SAS in Afghanistan, a judge has ruled.
Handing down a judgement in a historic defamation case brought by Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith against three newspapers that had run articles alleging he killed unnamed prisoners, Federal Court Judge Anthony Besanko said four of six murder allegations were substantially true. It marks a stunning end to a case that has lifted the veil of secrecy over the elite SAS.
