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Jamie McKinnell

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The Case Of
Ben Roberts-Smith: How he got bail

But there are more specific things as well, like restrictions on his use of mobile phones and computers.

The Case Of
Ben Roberts-Smith: How he got bail

For example, he's not allowed to use certain encrypted applications or communication tools.

The Case Of
Ben Roberts-Smith: How he got bail

And a big one as well was a security deposit.

The Case Of
Ben Roberts-Smith: How he got bail

His father put up a security deposit of $250,000 to secure his release on bail on Friday.

The Case Of
Ben Roberts-Smith: How he got bail

Yeah, I think we're going to have to wait and see in that respect what exactly they were hinting at there.

The Case Of
Ben Roberts-Smith: How he got bail

But it's quite obvious even watching the news cycle that there has been a huge level of coverage in this case.

The Case Of
Ben Roberts-Smith: How he got bail

And he's always obviously taking note of that.

The Case Of
Ben Roberts-Smith: How he got bail

And it is something that in one defence argument that might come up later on in the track would have an impact on

The Case Of
Ben Roberts-Smith: How he got bail

ability to have a fair trial.

The Case Of
Ben Roberts-Smith: How he got bail

So I guess that's kind of what they were hinting at.

The Case Of
Ben Roberts-Smith: How he got bail

But his lawyers, when they raised that prospect of a superior court or courts, they only said in due course that that might have to happen.

The Case Of
Ben Roberts-Smith: How he got bail

So it's really been thrown out there as a possibility without any timeline or sort of firm indication of whether they'll do that.

The Case Of
Ben Roberts-Smith: How he got bail

And if they do, at what point they'll try to do that.

The Case Of
Ben Roberts-Smith: How he got bail

Well, it's a statement of alleged facts in this case.

The Case Of
Ben Roberts-Smith: How he got bail

So it's a prosecution document where it was basically 25 pages of what the Crown is relying on in this case so far.

The Case Of
Ben Roberts-Smith: How he got bail

And it had some interesting revelations in there.

The Case Of
Ben Roberts-Smith: How he got bail

The main thing that stuck out to me was that there are three indemnified Defence Force witnesses who have given written accounts of their evidence to prosecutors so far, and they have been offered an undertaking by the Commonwealth DPP.

The Case Of
Ben Roberts-Smith: How he got bail

And according to the alleged facts in this case as well, those witnesses have, quote, admitted to their personal involvement in executing one or more detainees at the direction of or in complicity with Ben Robert Smith.

The Case Of
Ben Roberts-Smith: How he got bail

And it says Ben Robert Smith was their military supervisor at the time.

The Case Of
Ben Roberts-Smith: How he got bail

So there are outlines of the allegations, each of the five counts of war crime murder.