Judgment day: Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial to conclude with dramatic finale

One of the most costly trials held in Australia will conclude on Thursday afternoon, with significant implications for the media and the SAS regiment

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Judgment in the defamation trial brought by Ben Roberts-Smith VC – Australia’s most decorated living soldier and a man accused of murdering unarmed civilians while serving in Afghanistan – will be delivered Thursday afternoon in Sydney.

One of the most dramatic – and costly – trials in Australian legal and military history will reach its conclusion at 2.15pm AEST in Sydney’s federal court building, when Justice Anthony Besanko hands down his highly anticipated, hugely consequential verdict.

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