Defamation : Federal Crt Australia that has drawn a distinction between "foreign interference" and "spying" now finds that Australia's most highly decorated soldier committed murder when serving in Afghanistan
by Ganesh Sahathevan Diggers confirmed dead in 'green on blue' attack The Guardian has reported: Justice Anthony Besanko (of the Federal Court , Australia) found that, on the balance of probabilities , Roberts-Smith, Australia’s most decorated living soldier, kicked a handcuffed prisoner off a cliff in Darwan (Afghanistan) in 2012 before ordering a subordinate Australian soldier to shoot the injured man dead. The finding was part of a decision in a defamation matter. However , it should be noted Australian courts have applied something closer to the higher criminal standard in white collar crimel cases. Additionally, the same Federal Court has held in a previous defamation matter that the plaintiff had been defamed because the publisher concerned had failed to draw a distinction between "foreign interference" and "spying". To Be Read With In a China related matter Federal Court Australia makes distin...