Ben Roberts-Smith loses ‘ill-founded’ court case over ex-wife’s access to joint email account

Judge says one of soldier's arguments was weak to non-existent' whereas an explanation Emma Roberts gave was logical and coherent'

• Get our free news app; get our morning email briefing

Former soldier Ben Roberts-Smith has lost a court bid to have his former wife questioned about allegations she accessed his private emails, with a judge ruling his case relied upon possibilities and suspicions" that were in many cases ill-founded".

Roberts-Smith was ordered by federal court justice Robert Bromwich to pay the costs of Emma Roberts, his former wife, in Friday's judgment.