Defence force documents disprove allegation Ben Roberts-Smith killed teenager in Afghanistan, defamation trial hears

Former soldier's lawyer says defence documents show teenager was released unharmed but newspapers say they are not accurate

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The allegation Ben Roberts-Smith murdered a teenager with his pistol in Afghanistan and boasted about it days later as the most beautiful thing I've ever seen" should be disregarded by the judge in his defamation trial, the former soldier's lawyers have told the federal court.

Arthur Moses SC, acting for Roberts-Smith, said there were no witnesses to the alleged murder, and that contemporaneous defence force documents" show the teenager was released unharmed.

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