Australia’s most decorated living soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, has been arrested at Sydney airport in relation to alleged war crimes.
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The Australian federal police and the Office of the Special Investigator announced details of the investigation in Sydney on Tuesday. They said Roberts-Smith was expected to be charged with ‘five counts of war crime – murder’, in relation to three incidents. The maximum penalty for the offence is life imprisonment
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