Australia’s most decorated living soldier, who has always denied any wrongdoing, is facing criminal proceedings. The path to this point has been long and complex.

Roberts-Smith has strongly disputed the claims of the investigation, which include allegations he kicked an Afghan civilian off a cliff in 2011, executed a prisoner with a prosthetic limb in 2009, and ordered a junior soldier to to execute an unarmed detainee in 2012.

Liberal MP makes first public comments since Australia’s most decorated living soldier, whom he served alongside, was charged with war crimes

The arrest of former special forces corporal Ben Roberts-Smith is a watershed moment in Australian military history.

An Afghan man whose brother and father were allegedly murdered by Australian soldiers has spoken out following Ben Roberts-Smith's arrest.

Roberts-Smith was accused of killing five unarmed Afghans while serving in Afghanistan between 2009 and 2012, according to reports

Ben Roberts-Smith has begun assembling the legal team that will defend him against war crimes charges in what is shaping up – for the nation’s top lawyers as well as the former soldier – as the biggest murder trial of the decade.