#RobertsSmith expected to be charged with five #murders relating to three incidents.
According to a media release from the AFP, he is expected to be charged with:
The #WarCrime of #murder, in that he intentionally caused the death of a person, on or about 12 April 2009, at #Kakarak, #UruzganProvince, #Afghanistan;
The war crime of murder, in that he aided, abetted, counselled or procured another person to intentionally cause the death of a person, on or about 12 April 2009, at Kakarak, Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan;
The war crime of murder, in that he aided, abetted, counselled or procured another person to intentionally cause the death of a person, on or about 11 September 2012, at #Darwan, Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan;
The war crime of murder, with another person, in that they intentionally caused the death of a person, on or about 20 October 2012, in #Syahchow, Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan;
and,
The war crime of murder, in that he aided, abetted, counselled or procured another person to intentionally cause the death of a person, on or about 20 October 2012, at Syahchow, Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan.
Guardian Australia understands that Roberts-Smith has been charged with the deaths of two #Afghan males at Whiskey 108 in 2009, the death of Ali Jan, as well as the deaths of two civilians at Syahchow in 2012.
The federal court found to the civil standard of probabilities that Roberts-Smith kicked Ali Jan in the chest, sending him falling backwards over the cliff, his face hitting the cliff as he fell, before he landed on the ground below. The Syawchow deaths were mentioned documents filed as part of the defamation case, but it is understood they were not part of the media’s defence because of issues with a witness.
#auspol he was once considered for a #LiberalLarty spot.