Ben Roberts-Smith's Overseas Moves Unveiled

0:00Court doctors dropped on Ben Robert Smith, the Victoria Cross hero, showing he was lining a mousse overseas right before his arrest. Suppression orders got lifted in the Supreme Court on Thursday, spilling details from the office of the Special Investigator about his plans to head to Spain, the United States, or Singapore. He even had tickets booked for Singapore two weeks back with his partner Sarah Matalin. Police say those spots were covers to dodge tracking his real spot, and they looped in the FBI to follow his moves in the U.S. Robert Smith hit Thailand too, chatting business with Gordon Chuck, dad of a fallen commando. Robert Smith pushes back hard, claiming he kept cops in the loop on every travel plan from jump. No flight of the bumblebee here, he says, he laid it all out during the probe. New papers also flag him in Matalin as, quantous chairman's lounge members, that elite spot for big shots, probably hooked to be his medal. Then there's an affidavit from her 62-year-old dad, Brian, calling himself Robert Smith's father-in-law,

1:03though family whispers say, no wedding, bells yet. This all paints a picture of a guy eyeing exits amid heat, but the saga rolls on as his team fights the narrative. I'm Cory with the story, and you've been listening to Sydney News today, AI-powered local news.