Ben Roberts-Smith says defamation case defeat was a ‘terrible outcome’ as he returns to Australia

The former SAS corporal arrived in Perth from New Zealand and commented for the first time on the judgment in civil case that found on the balance of probabilities he had committed war crimes

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The disgraced former soldier Ben Roberts-Smith has called a federal court civil judgment against him that found he committed war crimes a “terrible outcome” as he flew back into Australia.

The former SAS corporal, a recipient of the Victoria Cross and Australia’s most decorated living soldier, flew into Perth from New Zealand.