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Latest news: Ben Roberts-Smith

Roberts-Smith ‘undeserving’ of VC medal

A former squadmate of Ben Roberts-Smith says does not believe the war veteran deserved the prestigious Victoria Cross medal due to rumours of discrepancies.

SAS soldier says Roberts-Smith’s VC award was politicised

A former SAS sergeant has told the Federal Court the prestigious Victoria Cross was politicised and partly awarded to Ben Roberts-Smith as a "good news story".

Ben Roberts-Smith ‘catapulted man off cliff’

A former SAS sergeant has given evidence of seeing Ben Roberts-Smith kick an unarmed Afghan prisoner off a cliff before allegedly lying about the incident.

Ben Roberts-Smith ‘told SAS to kill prisoners’

Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith told SAS troopers during a training session to execute Afghan prisoners, the Federal Court has been told.

Roberts-Smith threatened to ‘smash’ army captain

A then-Australian army captain will never forget decorated soldier Ben Roberts-Smith's threat to "smash" his face in, he told the Federal Court.

Ben Roberts-Smith’s ex-wife unloads bombshells

Ben Roberts-Smith's former wife will return to court for another day after saying she was pressured to lie for the decorated soldier or lose her children.

Roberts-Smith ‘boast of beautiful murder’

An SAS soldier has testified Ben Roberts-Smith bragged that blowing the brains out of a trembling and unarmed Afghan man was "the most beautiful thing".

Claim Ben Roberts-Smith ordered 2012 murder

A SAS soldier has testified he saw Ben Roberts-Smith told Afghan soldiers to shoot a detained local man "or I will" during a 2012 mission.

SAS libel trial to resume in NSW lockdown

Increasing violence in Afghanistan has prompted the Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial to briefly resume hearings, despite Sydney's lockdown.

Roberts-Smith trial may resume in 2 weeks

Resuming the Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial in locked-down Sydney carries real risk of someone catching COVID, the soldier's lawyer says.

Roberts-Smith’s long wait to face accusers

After 12 gruelling days in the witness box, Ben Roberts-Smith now faces an anxious wait to hear from those accusing him of war crimes.

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