I don’t have live access to the latest news feeds right now, but here’s what’s widely reported recently about Ben Roberts-Smith and planned leave from Australia.
If you’d like, I can search for the latest updates from reliable sources and provide a compact, cited summary or pull key court document quotes.
The former SAS soldier had planned to make a new life for himself overseas with his partner before police swooped on him last week.
www.dailymail.co.ukroberts-smith planned leave australia is now at the center of a new legal and reputational flashpoint, with court documents laying out overseas business plans that were discussed before his arrest. The papers also show a competing account: that he intended to come home if criminal charges were filed, rather than avoid them. What Happens When …
www.el-balad.comRuling upholds decision of justice Anthony Besanko in 2023 who found SAS veteran had, on balance of probabilities, murdered unarmed civilians
www.theguardian.comPartner of soldier accused of war crimes says the couple discussed possibility of moving overseas to 'create some normalcy in our lives'
www.theguardian.comSuppression orders have been lifted on highly sensitive documents revealing the Victoria Cross recipient’s relocation plans.
7news.com.auThe 47-year-old is accused of the murder of unarmed civilians while deployed in Afghanistan between 2009 and 2012.
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