{"id":612705,"date":"2026-04-17T10:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T10:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/612705\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T10:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T10:22:08","slug":"ben-roberts-smith-australias-most-decorated-living-soldier-released-on-bail-over-war-crimes-charges-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/612705\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Roberts-Smith: Australia&#039;s most decorated living soldier released on bail over war crimes charges &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTFBneUpQMWlrdXVoUVQ3dW9Ic3BZYXROT2lfU3lvSE1wZGxraFp3NUEteDBKcmQyRVNwaVhGZFlGdnBzMjVkbzNhMEJzdWRKc290RHEzS1gwRk5FQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ben Roberts-Smith: Australia&#8217;s most decorated living soldier released on bail over war crimes charges<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi2AFBVV95cUxNOEVzYjlYZWc5UkRLTEQwRDZHVGtsd0d5S2JLVXZhV0xuS3NqdWJJWlc3MXJTYWduMFNYYWFVTEg2TEU0U25tTnBaSXd1MVlwcXd0NklnQWdJUDlKakNSZVZBdEFMOVpYX3JtbmFqMkdFeGU5S0hiOGZnQVJabHExRFFHV3JSUEJXSGNMdXBuZENoUDBjNUdLMnNRdm45NHdyWnNxZ2VTLUtzVE1FWFdJeWZva1FlX3hOWVlKRU9kTTBFZUlZa0Y3ZkFGa0ZvdnNTZUdIUHYtZzU?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Roberts-Smith sat impassively as judge revealed \u2018exceptional circumstances\u2019 to release him<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;SMH.com.au<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinwFBVV95cUxNLWRMY3AwaFhLQTI0bGV4UVVkdGZYWktCWktzUDBGRFQyWjRjT25yYjFnRzVOa1hwczFpUFl1dkxwbkVhWlFGM1p0TDlWODg5SGIzYXg2TURQWlZrNmpFcHNfdW90d0g1VVBYS0pBc2I2U1NFZ1lCdEQwV0hZV290LXNZRGMzZnhkRzM4aUp5YXlHd09nX0hoVEg4RTFPc00?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Roberts-Smith released as &#8216;war crime&#8217; details emerge<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Canberra Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi3gFBVV95cUxOb2RwcHJjOTI4bHVrU0V6dTduSHFBLW9FWXVPVVNiaEx5M19qbGNZdlduRGRzWFRRRWNPWk5lMEQ2Yy1pU0VkR3hzZ2R0WlBQS0U0WmJwQzlrdkNZZzdjdkpjSVNyS01qME5YcTJjUDl5UGVVSFplMnBqZmE1UzRXVGI2ek45RENLczRnZUs4MVN0c1JIbjdaSld4Vl9JeS11OWhIU0lPcWxpMXJsVXh5WmlnQVhQTGpwYWhtOUdYVEVzckFVT19vbHhuYk80SHE4QzlPeE43Ym9tcWgwa3c?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Roberts-Smith granted bail ahead of war crimes trial<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Australian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Four soldiers granted indemnity to testify against BRS<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Daily Telegraph Sydney<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ben Roberts-Smith: Australia&#8217;s most decorated living soldier released on bail over war crimes charges&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCRoberts-Smith sat impassively as judge&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":612706,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":{"0":"post-612705","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-australia","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=612705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612705\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/612706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=612705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=612705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=612705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}