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Top Australian soldier Ben Roberts-Smith loses defamation case - BBC News
Australia's most-decorated living soldier Ben Roberts-Smith has lost a historic defamation case against three newspapers that accused him of war crimes in Afghanistan. The outlets were sued over articles alleging he killed unarmed prisoners. A judge has now said four of the six murder allegations - all denied by the soldier - were substantially true. The civil trial was the first time a court has assessed accusations of war crimes by Australian forces. Please subscribe here: http://bit.ly/1rbfUog #Australia #BBCNews
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Australia's most-decorated living soldier Ben Roberts-Smith has lost a historic defamation case against three newspapers that accused him of war crimes in Afghanistan. The outlets were sued over articles alleging he killed unarmed prisoners. A judge has now said four of the six murder allegations - all denied by the soldier - were substantially true. The civil trial was the first time a court has assessed accusations of war crimes by Australian forces. Please subscribe here: http://bit.ly/1rbfUog #Australia #BBCNews
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