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Greta Stonehouse

SAS soldiers ignored 'despicable crimes'

Some testimony against Ben Roberts-Smith did not reflect well on those witnesses, a barrister says. (AAP)

Elite soldiers who eventually testified against Ben Roberts-Smith in his defamation case were willing to turn a blind eye to despicable war crimes due to an SAS code of silence, a judge has been told.

Barrister Nicholas Owens SC, in his second day of closing submissions for the media outlets being sued for defamation, said some of his own witnesses' testimony reflected poorly on them.

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