War crimes reports rife with ‘speculation’, Ben Roberts-Smith’s lawyer tells court

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Judges have retired to consider ex-SAS soldier’s appeal in defamation case against Sydney Morning Herald, the Age and the Canberra Times

Three judges have retired to consider a comprehensive attack by Ben Roberts-Smith on a devastating court ruling that news reports he committed war crimes were substantially true.

The Victoria Cross recipient has challenged a June judgment dismissing his defamation case over reports he was involved in the unlawful killing of four unarmed prisoners in Afghanistan in 2009 and 2012.

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