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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rod McGuirk

Australia’s most decorated soldier loses appeal against war crimes defamation ruling

Ben Roberts-Smith - (AP)

Australia’s most decorated living war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith on Friday lost his appeal of a civil court ruling that blamed him for unlawfully killing four Afghans while he served in Afghanistan.

A federal court unanimously rejected his appeal of a judge’s ruling in 2023 that Mr Roberts-Smith was not defamed by newspaper articles published in 2018 that accused him of a range of war crimes.

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