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Australia's most decorated living soldier granted bail over war crime charges

war crime charges Australia's most decorated soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, has been granted bail

Ben Roberts-Smith’s comrades say he ordered them to execute unarmed civilians, court documents show

Ben Roberts-Smith](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/ben-roberts-smith) or in complicity with him, according to a statement of facts tendered to the New South Wales local court. Roberts-Smith, a Victoria Cross recipient and once

Australian ex-soldier Roberts-Smith granted bail in Afghan war crimes case

Ben Roberts-Smith has been granted bail after spending ten days in prison [over alleged war crimes in Afghanistan](/news/2026/4/7/australian-soldier-ben-roberts-smith-arrested-over-alleged-war-crimes). The 47-year-old was released on Friday after a judge said he would face

Ben Roberts-Smith on ‘cusp’ of moving overseas when he was arrested, court told in bail hearing

Ben Roberts-Smith was planning to move overseas – and had not told authorities investigating him – when he was arrested at Sydney airport last week, a Sydney court has heard. Roberts-Smith made a bail application