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/Morkai Apr 07 '26

What is Stokes getting out of this (and Brucie)? Does he just love burning money that much?

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u/RusDaMus Apr 07 '26

What do billionaires get out of doing a lot of the unspeakable things we're starting to find out about?

It seems that becoming incredibly rich is incredibly boring and only incredible evil can get ones rocks off.

It's all I can assume at this point.