The judgment in Ben Roberts-Smith's defamation case is due to be released next week. -AAP Image
Almost 11 months after his lengthy trial, Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith will soon learn whether his defamation case over war crimes reports has been successful.
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The former SAS corporal sued The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Canberra Times in a Federal Court trial over 2018 reports claiming he committed war crimes in Afghanistan including murder, and acts of bullying and domestic violence.
The 43-year-old has denied all claims of wrongdoing, while the newspapers defended them as true.
The trial spanned over a year and wrapped up after eight days of closing addresses on July 27, 2022.
Justice Anthony Besanko will hand down his judgment on June 1.
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