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Ben Roberts-Smith sat silently as he appeared on war crimes charges for the first time. The country's most-decorated living soldier was earlier this month charged with five counts of murder - allegedly committed
charge of the war crime of murder carries a potential life sentence in prison. ## Witness accounts of alleged executions Under the heading “indemnified witnesses”, the statement of facts states that the Commonwealth Director of Public
Ben Roberts-Smith](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/ben-roberts-smith). Arrested at Sydney airport on 7 April, the Victoria Cross recipient faces five charges of war crime murder over allegations he killed unarmed civilians during his service with
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