ben roberts-smith

The fall-out is continuing across the Tasman over the Ben Roberts-Smith defamation case.

The Victoria Cross recipient has lost a defamation case over three newspapers, that published articles about alleged war crimes in Afghanistan and bullying of former SAS colleagues.

Roberts-Smith could now face criminal charges.

Australia Correspondent Murray Olds told Tim Dower that the verdict has been raising some awkward questions.

He says there's a large display about Ben Roberts-Smith at the Australian War Memorial.

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Australia’s most decorated living soldier has lost his defamation case against the Sydney Morning Herald, the Age and the Canberra Times. A federal court judge has found that the newspapers proved in their defence that Ben Roberts-Smith either murdered or was complicit in and responsible for the murder of unarmed civilians while serving in the Australian military in Afghanistan. Ben Doherty reports from court, sifting through the judge’s ruling and what it means for public interest journalism