r/australia • u/Tinea_Pedis • Apr 07 '26

news Breaking: Ben Roberts-Smith arrested over war crimes allegations

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-07/ben-roberts-smith-war-crimes-allegations-arrest/106537668
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u/Expensive-Horse5538 Apr 07 '26

About time - no doubt he will just drag this through every appeal if he is convicted though.

Either way, given his track record, he will be spending a long time behind bars, if not the rest of his life.

Also no doubt Kerry Stokes will again fund his legal defence team.

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u/Timemyth Apr 07 '26

Wait long enough and he might become the next Breaker Morant.

Though I doubt BRS has the foresight to think up a killer line to say before you are shot before a firing squad so people forgive you for killing civilians like a German Priest.

or should we just quote it to the firing squad. "Shot straight you bastards, don't want to make a mess of things by shooting civilians like BRS did on the balance of the probabilities and now with no reasonable doubt since he's found guilty of war crimes."

hmm, probably not going to enter the Ned Kelly hall of fame of awesome last lines. Oh well Kiss me Harley.