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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Ben Roberts-Smith to lodge almost $1m with court to continue war crimes defamation appeal

Former SAS corporal will need to pay almost $1m into a court bank account if he chooses to continue to appeal the result of his defamation trial.
Former SAS corporal will need to pay almost $1m into a court bank account if he chooses to continue to appeal the result of his defamation trial. Photograph: Reuters

Ben Roberts-Smith has been ordered to pay close to $1m as security into a court bank account, in order to be able to continue his appeal against his lost defamation case.

The former SAS corporal, Australia’s most decorated living soldier, has been instructed to pay $910,000 to cover the legal costs of the three newspapers he has sued for defamation, in the event he loses his appeal.

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