Ben Roberts-Smith: trial of the century gets bigger with media empires as well as soldiers at war

Australia's most decorated living soldier is backed by media magnate Kerry Stokes in a defamation case against a key competitor, Nine Newspapers

The accusations could not be more serious, nor the stakes higher. But with each new allegation, each twist of an already bloody story, the stakes ratchet up a little more.

Australia's most decorated living soldier stands accused of brutal war crimes, including kicking an unarmed, handcuffed civilian off a cliff, before ordering him shot dead.