Roberts-Smith, 47, is expected to address the media on Sunday, two days after he was released on bail from Silverwater Correctional Centre in Sydney’s west.
The Victoria Cross recipient was spotted walking into a gym on Queensland’s Gold Coast on Sunday morning, where he refused to answer questions over his mood or if he had a message for his supporters.
‘I’ll be making a statement later today,’ he clarified. ‘I’ll be doing that today.’
Roberts-Smith has been charged with five counts of ‘war crime – murder’ allegedly committed between 2009 and 2012 while he served with the Special Air Service in Afghanistan.
He was taken into custody on April 7 after a five-year joint investigation by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and the Office of the Special Investigator (OSI).
More to come.
Ben Roberts-Smith will make his first public address this afternoon since being charged with alleged war crimes
He was spotted working out at a gym on Queensland’s Gold Coast on Sunday morning
