Submitted by Paul Daley on
The towering Victoria Cross recipient was unmissable as he entered the court on day one of his high-stakes defamation trial against two of Australia’s most distinguished journalists
Ben Roberts-Smith walked resolutely, by himself, towards the federal court in Sydney on day one of his quest to prove himself the victim of what his lawyers insist could be the most damaging and costly character assassination in Australian history.
He was, as he is, unmissable – his two-metre tall V-shaped frame in a sober navy suit, crisp white shirt and blue tie. A man on the street wished good luck to the colossus of the battlefield as he approached the wall of cameras in Phillip Street.
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