'Today is the day of justice. It’s a day of justice for those brave men of the SAS who stood up and told the truth about who Ben Roberts-Smith is: a war criminal, a bully and a liar,' said The Age's Nick McKenzie.
Below is a transcript of what McKenzie, Masters and Chessell had to say after their historic victory in the multimillion-dollar defamation suit.The Sydney Morning HeraldThe findings by Justice Anthony Besanko today that Roberts-Smith participated in the execution of Afghans confirms our reports that the Victoria Cross recipient breached the Geneva Convention, and is a critical step towards justice for the families of the murder victims.
We will continue to hold people involved in war crimes to account. The responsibility for these atrocities does not end with Ben Roberts-Smith. Publishing a story of this magnitude is never easy, but high quality investigative journalism is vital to a thriving democracy. I’m so grateful to our lawyers. In my time I’ve seen great teams come together, and what was wonderful about this was the coalition of such a great team led by Nick Owens. Terrific work by Chris Mitchell and Peter Bartlett, and also Dean Levitan.
Today is the day of some small justice for the Afghan victims of Ben Roberts-Smith. Ali Jan was the man kicked off the cliff. Ali Jan was a father. Ali Jan was a husband. He has children who no longer have a father. He has a wife who no longer has a husband. He was kicked off a cliff by Ben Roberts-Smith, and he was murdered with Ben Roberts-Smith’s participation. There’s some small justice for him.
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