澳法官裁定荣誉等身的退役军人非法杀害阿富汗囚犯

Decorated Australian war veteran unlawfully killed prisoners in Afghanistan, judge says
澳大利亚法官裁定最受赞誉的战争英雄非法杀害阿富汗囚犯

Ben Roberts-Smith, Australia’s most decorated war veteran, has been found guilty of war crimes by a federal court judge. The judge ruled that Roberts-Smith unlawfully killed prisoners and committed other war crimes in Afghanistan. Roberts-Smith allegedly kicked in 2012 an unarmed, handcuffed farmer off a cliff into a riverbed who was then shot, and also killed a prisoner with a prosthetic leg by firing a machine gun into his back in 2009, before keeping the man's prosthetic as a novelty beer drinking vessel. However, allegations of violence against him were found to be unproven, and he had made claims of defamation against media. On June 1, Federal Court judge Anthony Besanko dismissed claims by Ben Roberts-Smith that he was defamed by the media, ruling that articles published about his war crimes in 2018 articles were substantially true. Victoria Cross recipient Roberts-Smith, a former Special Air Service Regiment corporal who is now a media company executive, was also awarded the Medal of Gallantry for his Afghan war service.

澳大利亚最受赞誉的退伍军人本·罗伯斯-史密斯被一名联邦法院法官判定犯有战争罪行。法官裁定罗伯斯-史密斯在阿富汗非法杀害囚犯并犯下其他战争罪行。据称，罗伯斯-史密斯于2012年将一名手无寸铁、手戴镣铐的农民踢落悬崖之下的河床，而后令人将其射杀，还在2009年用机关枪从背部枪杀一名装有义肢的囚犯，之后，还将其义肢当作新奇的啤酒杯作乐。然而，针对他的暴力指控未被证明成立，罗伯茨-史密斯还曾控告媒体诽谤。六月一日，联邦法院法官安东尼·贝桑科驳回了本·罗伯茨-史密斯被媒体诽谤的说法，并裁定2018年有关他战争罪行的文章实质上是真实的。本·罗伯茨·史密斯是前特种空勤团下士，现在是一家媒体公司的高管，曾获得维多利亚十字勋章，也曾因其在阿富汗服役获得过“勇气勋章”。