Roberts-Smith Appeals for Chance to Move Home and Be With Kids

The Victoria Cross recipient is also expected to ask the court if he can attend two formal military ceremonies and a social function.

Ben Roberts-Smith (left) is seen during a break at the Downing Centre Court, in Sydney, Australia on June 16, 2026. AAP Image/Bianca De Marchi

Decorated former SAS soldier Ben Roberts-Smith will apply to a court to move home and be with his children while he fights allegations of war crimes.

The 47-year-old was arrested in April and charged with murdering or ordering the murders of five unarmed detainees while deployed in Afghanistan between 2009 and 2012.