Original article by Paul Karp, Josh Hohne
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 3 : 8-Apr-26

Former SAS soldier Ben Roberts-Smith has spent his first night in jail after being arrested on Tuesday and officially charged with committing war crimes in Afghanistan. The Victoria Cross recipient will appear in a NSW court for a bail hearing on Wednesday, after being charged with five counts of murder; it follows a five-year investigation by the Office of the Special Investigator and the Australian Federal Police into alleged war crimes by members of the Australian Defence Force in Afghanistan. It will be alleged that Roberts-Smith was involved in the murder of five Afghan civilians and prisoners between 2009 and 2012. He lost a defamation case in 2023 over media reports which alleged that he had been involved in war crimes in Afghanistan.

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SPECIAL AIR SERVICE REGIMENT, AUSTRALIA. OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL INVESTIGATOR, AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE, AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORCE