Ben Roberts-Smith remains in custody after first hearing on war crime charges | ABC NEWS

War veteran and Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith will spend more than a week in custody after his criminal case was adjourned in a Sydney bail court hearing.
The 47-year-old former SAS soldier has been charged with five counts of the war crime of murder, related to his time in Afghanistan.
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