"Witnesses have admitted their personal involvement in executing one or more detainees at the direction of, or with the complicity of, Ben Roberts-Smith. Each of these witnesses has provided written accounts of their actions."
"Each victim was unarmed and present in a location where Roberts-Smith could reasonably have suspected insurgents to be located; Each offence was committed in a situation where there was no active engagements with enemy forces."
Ben Roberts-Smith, a Victoria Cross recipient, faces five murder charges related to war crimes committed while serving in Afghanistan. Soldiers have testified that they executed unarmed civilians under his orders or with his complicity. Roberts-Smith has denied wrongdoing and has not yet entered a plea. Witness accounts detail personal involvement in these executions, with common themes indicating victims were unarmed and not engaged in combat. The trial is expected to be lengthy, with potential life sentences for each charge.
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