Three indemnified defence force witnesses have provided written accounts to prosecutors about their "personal involvement" in executing Afghan detainees "at the direction of or in complicity" with war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith, according to court documents.
Mr Roberts-Smith has been charged with five counts of the war crime of murder, related to what investigators allege were unarmed Afghan nationals in 2009 and 2012.
[....] According to the court documents, the deceased include people who were "shot by [Mr Roberts-Smith] personally, or shot by subordinate SASR members in presence of, and acting on the orders of [Mr Roberts-Smith]".
The alleged facts state that in each instance, the deceased had been captured by the Australian Defence Force (ADF) and their death was "falsely recorded in ADF reporting".
Two murders are alleged to have occurred in April 2009 at a compound dubbed "Whiskey 108" in the Tarin Kowt District of Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan.
The court documents contain allegations that two men, identified as Mohammad Essa and his son, Ahmadullah, were found in a tunnel, handcuffed, and taken away by Mr Roberts-Smith.
Ahmadullah, who wore a prosthetic leg, was allegedly carried outside, thrown to the ground, and shot by Mr Roberts-Smith with a belt-fed machine gun, according to the court documents — an incident which was allegedly witnessed by "several ADF members".
Mohammad Essa was allegedly placed on his knees and shot dead by another SAS soldier, who was referred to as "the rookie", under the direction of Mr Roberts-Smith.
[....] Another charge against Mr Roberts-Smith relates to a mission in the village of Darwan, also in Uruzgan Province, following the killing of three Australian personnel by Afghan National Army sergeant Hekmatullah in August 2012.
The following month, SAS patrols in Darwan were tactically questioning three handcuffed Afghan nationals, including a man named Ali Jan.
Mr Roberts-Smith is accused of punching and physically assaulting the detainees, before taking Ali Jan to a cliff edge and kicking him, "causing him to fall approximately 10 metres and causing injuries including the loss of teeth," the court documents say.
In a dry creek bed below, Mr Roberts-Smith allegedly had a short conversation with comrades before Ali Jan was shot dead, according to the court documents.
Prosecutors allege in the court documents that he was killed by a soldier in Mr Roberts-Smith's patrol.
It's alleged in the court documents that a radio was placed near Ali Jan's body before photographs were taken "to support the false claim that Ali Jan had been an insurgent spotter who presented a threat to ADF troops; and who was lawfully killed".
Two further war crime murder charges relate to an incident in a village called Syahchow in October 2012, where two detained Afghan men were allegedly interrogated, blindfolded and killed.
Mr Roberts-Smith allegedly threw a grenade towards the deceased men, which detonated, in an action described in the court material as being done to support a "false claim" the men were killed during a lawful engagement.
The document of alleged facts outlines "common themes" of each incident, including that each alleged victim was unarmed and in a location where Mr Roberts-Smith "could reasonably have suspected insurgents to be located".
The court documents say each alleged murder took place in an environment where the ADF was "in control", and that "evidence was planted or falsely associated with each deceased".
Each deceased person was also handcuffed, detained for a period, and questioned prior to their alleged execution, the court material said.
