It was a stunning end to a case that lifted the veil of secrecy over the elite Special Air Service Regiment. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SYDNEY - One of Australia’s most decorated soldiers lost a defamation lawsuit against three newspapers that accused him of involvement in the murder of six Afghans while on deployment, a stunning end to a case that lifted the veil of secrecy over the elite Special Air Service Regiment .
The ruling marks a win for media outlets seeking greater accountability for Australia’s military, typically bound by confidentiality.killed dozens of unarmed prisoners in the lengthy Afghan war. But articles by the Sydney Morning Herald, the Age and the Canberra Times since 2018 suggested he went beyond the bounds of acceptable military engagement, including descriptions of brutal treatment of defenceless Afghan civilians.
He called the reports false and based on claims of failed soldiers who were jealous of his accolades, and sought unspecified damages. In another case, the papers reported that Roberts-Smith murdered an Afghan man who had a prosthetic leg and was then “so callous and inhumane that he took the prosthetic leg back to Australia and encouraged his soldiers to use it as a novelty beer drinking vessel”, the judge said. He said the papers proved that allegation was also true.
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