Australia’s most decorated living soldier to remain in jail after being charged with war crimes

NewsWorldAustralasiaAustralia’s most decorated living soldier to remain in jail after being charged with war crimesPolice refused him bail, and he spent Tuesday night at the Silverwater Correctional Complex in Sydney’s westChristine Chen Wednesday 08 April 2026 08:38 BSTBookmarkBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":false,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b2953544","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/ben-roberts-smith-warcrime-court-b2953544.html","title":"Australia’s most decorated soldier to remain in jail after charged with war crimes"}}open image in gallery{"id":"trigger-autogallery-1140","index":0}Australian Ben Roberts-Smith arrives at the Federal Court in Sydney on June 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File) (Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondentsGet a weekly dispatch from our international correspondentsGet a weekly international news dispatchEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"IND_On_The_Ground_Newsletter","regTitle":"On The Ground","subscriptionGroup":"on_the_ground","subscriptionGroupId":"14806361-6435-4d19-b06e-05326605fb01","pathPrefix":["/news/world/europe","/news/world/middle-east","/news/world/australasia","/news/world/africa","/asia"],"associatedAuthors":["Bel Trew","Sam Kiley"],"title":"On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents","mobileTitle":"Get a weekly international news dispatch","lengthenedMobileTitle":"Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/onThe...