SHOT A BOY IN THE HEAD, THEN KILLED A DISABLED MAN AND DRANK FROM HIS PROSTHETIC Limb Was beloved, now it has been revealed what he did
He was even awarded for bravery in 2011
TL;DR
- Ben Roberts-Smith, Australia's most decorated living soldier, was arrested on suspicion of war crimes in Afghanistan.
- He faces charges of murder, complicity in murder, and assisting in murder, with a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.
- Alleged crimes include killing an elderly man, throwing a man off a cliff, shooting a disabled person and drinking from their prosthetic limb, shooting an unarmed teenager, and encouraging other soldiers to kill elders.
- Twenty-one soldiers have testified against him.
- Roberts-Smith was awarded for bravery in 2011.
- He denies the charges and his next court hearing is scheduled for April 17th.