Overview

• Wright has pleaded not guilty to three counts of attempting to pervert the course of justice over his handling of evidence after the 2022 Arnhem Land helicopter crash
• The trial start has been postponed multiple times as defence and prosecution continue to dispute pre-trial motions in the NT Supreme Court
• Prosecutors split the original perverting-justice charge into three counts in June to reflect allegations of repeated attempts to influence the crash investigation
• The four-week trial is slated to call about 25 witnesses recounting the crash that killed co-star Chris ‘Willow’ Wilson and critically injured pilot Sebastian Robinson
• Under Northern Territory law, each count carries a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison if Wright is convicted