Evidence of Afghan witnesses against Ben Roberts-Smith ‘hardly neutral’, lawyer tells court

Lawyers for Ben Roberts-Smith urge court to disregard evidence of Afghan witnesses, saying the men were prejudiced against Australian soldiers

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Lawyers for Ben Roberts-Smith have urged the court hearing a defamation trial to reject the testimony of three Afghan men who gave evidence against the Australian soldier in his defamation trial, saying they regarded foreign troops as infidels" and gave inconsistent and contradictory" evidence.

To say they are credible is incredible," Roberts-Smith's barrister, Arthur Moses SC, told the federal court in closing submissions in the former soldier's long-running defamation action.

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