Ex-commando Heston Russell cleared of punching man during drunken Sydney pool party

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Former elite soldier, who last year won a defamation case against the ABC, said he allowed himself to ‘become too intoxicated’ at 2022 event

Former soldier and Senate candidate Heston Russell has been cleared of punching another man during a drunken rooftop pool party.

Magistrate Margaret Quinn dismissed one charge of common assault against Russell at Sydney’s Downing Centre local court on Monday.

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