Ben Roberts-Smith arrested and facing 5 war crime murder charges
Michelle Grattan
Victoria Cross winner Ben Roberts-Smith was arrested on Tuesday and will face five charges of the war crime of murder allegedly committed during the war in Afghanistan.
He was arrested by Australian Federal Police at Sydney domestic airport.
Roberts-Smith, a former Special Air Service corporal who was widely feted as one of Australia’s most decorated modern war heroes, has always maintained his innocence.
The AFP did not name Roberts-Smith.
The Office of the Special Investigator and the AFP...