Ben Roberts-Smith charged with five counts of war crime murder related to Afghanistan service
Ben Roberts-Smith, Australia's most decorated living soldier and Victoria Cross recipient, was arrested at Sydney airport and charged with five counts of war crime murder relating to his service in Afghanistan. The charges follow a 2023 Federal Court ruling in a defamation case that found allegations he committed unlawful killings were substantially true. Roberts-Smith denies all wrongdoing and faces potential life imprisonment if convicted.
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Decorated Australian Veteran Charged With Afghanistan War Crimes - WSJ
Once seen as a war hero, Australian ex-soldier will stand trial for alleged war crimes
He's Australia's most decorated soldier. Now he's at the centre of a historic war crimes case
Ben Roberts-Smith entitled to presumption of innocence but 'none of us are above the law', Andrew Hastie says
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