Disgraced war veteran may have committed criminal offence, judge finds

War veteran Ben Roberts-Smith may have committed a criminal offence by sending threatening letters to a former SAS colleague, a Federal Court judge has found.

The judge was satisfied, to the civil standard of the balance of probabilities, that allegations Mr Roberts-Smith was involved or complicit in four unlawful killings in Afghanistan were substantially true. In the full judgement, published today, Justice Anthony Besanko said the sending of the letters may constitute a criminal offence; either perverting the course of justice or using a postal service to menace, harass or cause offence.

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