Ben Roberts-Smith v the media part four: the tunnel

Ben Roberts-Smith v the media part four: the tunnel

On 12 April 2009, the SAS arrive in the village of Kakarak in Afghanistan’s Uruzgan province. It’s a Taliban stronghold where an Australian soldier was killed just a month earlier. It’s here, in a compound known as Whiskey 108, that one of the most contested events in this extraordinary defamation trial takes place. In their defence, the newspapers allege that at Whiskey 108 Ben Roberts-Smith murdered an Afghan man with a prosthetic leg and ordered a junior member of his patrol to murder another Afghan man as part of a military ‘blooding’ ritual. Roberts-Smith strenuously denies these claims and says the two men who were killed were legitimate engagements shot lawfully in the heat of battle. In this episode, Ben Doherty takes us inside the raid on Whiskey 108. We hear evidence presented by Ben Roberts-Smith and others who support his version of events, as well as witnesses for the newspapers, read by voice actors

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Part eight: the pursuit of truth

Part eight: the pursuit of truth

At the heart of the defamation case Ben Roberts-Smith launched against three of Australia’s biggest newspapers were the articles published by Nick McKenzie and Chris Masters. In this episode Ben Doher...

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Part seven: a hero’s downfall

Part seven: a hero’s downfall

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 ...

8 Kesä 202331min

Ben Roberts-Smith v the media part six: judgment day

Ben Roberts-Smith v the media part six: judgment day

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 ...

1 Kesä 202316min

Ben Roberts-Smith v the media part five: the letters

Ben Roberts-Smith v the media part five: the letters

In June 2018, an SAS soldier known in this defamation trial as Person 18 says he received two threatening letters at his barracks in Perth. In their defence, the newspapers allege that these letters w...

28 Loka 20221h 1min

Ben Roberts-Smith v the media part three: the affair

Ben Roberts-Smith v the media part three: the affair

An affair between Ben Roberts-Smith and a witness known to the court as Person 17 is one of the key contested elements of this extraordinary defamation trial. The newspapers as part of their defence a...

28 Loka 20221h 16min

Ben Roberts-Smith v the media part two: death in Darwan

Ben Roberts-Smith v the media part two: death in Darwan

In the aftermath of an attack on Australian soldiers by a rogue Afghan soldier, the SAS is sent to the Taliban-controlled village of Darwan. They arrive by helicopter at dawn, looking for Hekmatullah,...

28 Loka 20221h 15min

Ben Roberts-Smith v the media part one: reputation

Ben Roberts-Smith v the media part one: reputation

In the defamation trial of the century, Australia’s most decorated living soldier is seeking to defend his reputation against reports in three newspapers that he says falsely accuse him of being a war...

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