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Witnesses against Ben Roberts-Smith in his long-running defamation case are "liars, perjurers and gossips", a barrister tells the Federal Court in his closing address.

War veteran Ben Roberts-Smith has been accused of colluding with four of his witnesses by inserting a lie into evidence to cover up an alleged war crime.

Ben Roberts-Smith's barrister tells a judge the war veteran was an exceptional soldier who was subject to a sustained campaign from newspapers to create a belief he was a war criminal.

Person 81 tells court he did not observe any conduct by Roberts-Smith and two other soldiers that caused him suspicion they had murdered anyone

Person 81, the troop commander during event central to the trial, says he was not informed of any insurgents killed at the time

A senior SAS soldier has told the Federal Court he was not present when two Afghan men were shot and won’t speculate if Ben Roberts-Smith murdered one.

A senior SAS soldier is likely the final witness to be called by Ben Roberts-Smith and has backed his account that no men were found inside a secret tunnel.

A former elite soldier codenamed Person 11, called as a witness by Ben Roberts-Smith in his defamation case, rejects allegations the war veteran kicked an unarmed Afghan man over a cliff during a mission in 2012.

Person 11 to give evidence on allegation by newspapers that Roberts-Smith kicked handcuffed man off cliff before ordering him shot