After landing in Sydney airport following a flight from Brisbane, Australia’s most decorated living soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, was arrested by Australian Federal Police. He’s been charged with five counts of the war crime of murder, following a years-long joint investigation between police and the Office of the Special Investigator.
Roberts-Smith is only the second Australian to be charged with such offences, and the most high-profile.
But the path to this point has been long and winding. Here’s how we got here, and what happens next.
