Justice Anthony Besanko’s 736-page judgment has been released after judge last week dismissed defamation case in favour of Nine newspapers and reporter
Justice Besanko’s complete findings, released today, found the Victoria Cross recipient lied about murdering civilians, deliberately hid evidence from court and threatened potential witnesses
Australia s most decorated living soldier has waited more than five years to learn whether he would ultimately be remembered as a battlefield hero or a woman-bashing war criminal.
Heston Russell said it was disgusting the allegations against the decorated war veteran were heard in a defamation court on the balance of probabilities and not proven beyond reasonable doubt.