Ben Roberts-Smith will attend an Anzac Day service in Queensland on Saturday morning, describing the day as “sacred” to him, the first commemoration since he was criminally charged. Roberts-Smith, the recipient of the Victoria Cross and as soon as one among Australia’s most lionised troopers, faces 5 charges of the war crime of homicide, allegedly…
Ben Roberts-Smith was planning to leave Australia to stay abroad and had a business class flight in another country booked in 4 days’ time when he was arrested at Sydney airport this month, court documents allege, with investigators telling a court “his willingness to return to Australia to face prosecution cannot be judged”. Roberts-Smith was…
The civil trial was the primary time in historical past any courtroom has examined claims of war crimes by Australian forces. Roberts-Smith argued the alleged killings occurred legally throughout fight or didn’t occur in any respect, and final 12 months misplaced an enchantment in opposition to the Federal Court discovering. At a information convention in…