Anthony Besanko
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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | 70 |
| Date of birth | May 8,1954 |
| Zodiac sign | Taurus |
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Anthony Besanko Life story
Ben Roberts-Smith: Australia's top soldier appeals over war crimes defamation trial
... Justice Anthony Besanko also found that Mr Roberts-Smith lied to cover up his misconduct and threatened witnesses...
Ben Roberts-Smith: Top soldier won't apologise for alleged war crimes
... But Federal Court Judge Anthony Besanko threw out the former special forces corporal s case against The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald, and The Canberra Times, ruling it was " substantially true" that Mr Roberts-Smith had murdered unarmed Afghan prisoners and civilians, and bullied peers...
Ben Roberts-Smith: Australian soldier loses landmark defamation case
... Justice Anthony Besanko found the newspapers had not been able to prove the allegations that he assaulted his lover, or the claim he had threatened to report a junior colleague if he did not falsify field reports...
Ben Roberts-Smith: How war hero's defamation case has rocked Australia
... " What happens nowThe judge - Anthony Besanko - will first decide if the articles are defamatory, and if so, he ll then consider any defences...
Ben Roberts-Smith: Australian soldier loses landmark defamation case
Australia's most-decorated living soldier Ben Roberts-Smith has lost a historic defamation case against three newspapers which accused him of War Crimes in Afghanistan.
The Australian newspapers were sued over several articles which also said he had bullied peers and punched A Woman with whom he was having An Affair .
It is The First Time in history a court has assessed allegations of War Crimes by Australian forces.
The Judge said The lengthy civil trial had proved The murder allegations - denied by Mr Roberts-Smith - were substantially true.
Justice Anthony Besanko found The newspapers had not been able to prove The allegations that he assaulted his lover, or The Claim he had threatened to report a junior colleague if he did not falsify field reports.
Mr Roberts-Smith has not been charged over any of The claims and no findings have been made against him in a Criminal Court . He was not present for Thursday's judgement.
The 44-year-old received Australia's highest military Award - The Victoria Cross - in 2011 for having single-handedly overpowered Taliban machine-gunners who had been attacking his SAS platoon.
But Mr Roberts-Smith's public image was ruined in 2018 when journalists Nick Mckenzie , Chris Masters and David Wroe started publishing articles about his misconduct in The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Canberra Times.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
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