KABUL (Pajhwok): An Australian federal judge has found that Ben Roberts-Smith, Australia’s most decorated living soldier, had murdered or was complicit in the murder of several unarmed civilians and prisoners in Afghanistan.
Roberts-Smith, who holds the Victoria Cross, the most prestigious honour in the Australian military, sued three newspapers – the Age, the Canberra Times and the Sydney Morning Herald, over articles alleging he killed unarmed civilians.
The judge determined that four of the six murder allegations were substantially true.
Justice Anthony Besanko found that in 2012 Roberts-Smith had kicked Ali Jan - a farmer who was handcuffed . . .
