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The war veteran’s high-stakes defamation appeal drew to a close on Friday,as his barrister urged a court to overturn a decision finding he was complicit in four murders.
The newspapers defending former soldier Ben Roberts-Smith’s defamation appeal say one of their key witnesses gave truthful evidence about a murder.
The witnesses – who detailed the killing of villager Ali Jan by Australian soldier Ben Roberts-Smith – should be believed,despite efforts by the disgraced soldier’s legal team to undermine their credibility,a court has been told.
The barrister acting for the newspapers has told the former soldier’s appeal there were only minor differences in the evidence of witnesses about the death of an Afghan prisoner with a prosthetic leg.
The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald have argued an appeal court should not overturn murder findings made against the former SAS corporal.
The war veteran’s bid to overturn a decision dismissing his defamation suit should be rejected,The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald have told an appeal court.
Ben Roberts-Smith’s barrister told an appeal court that a judge should not have found the war veteran ordered the execution of an Afghan prisoner.
The war veteran’s barrister said that a killing may have been lawful even if a court found Australian soldiers planted a Taliban-issued object on an Afghan man’s body.
The former soldier is fighting to overturn a decision dismissing his multimillion-dollar defamation suit,with the appeal slated to run for 10 days.