Extraordinary evidence has been heard over 99 days of hearings, at a cost of A$25m, as the Victoria Cross recipient sues three newspapers over allegations he says falsely portray him as a war criminal for actions in Afghanistan
A decade out of the military, Ben Roberts-Smith looks still every inch the archetypal soldier.
Just shy of two metres tall, straight-backed and powerfully built, the former Australian SAS corporal marches purposefully each morning up the federal court steps in Sydney, clean shaven and hair immaculately swept.
