Overview

• Jurors unanimously convicted Wright of obstructing the investigation by lying to police and by seeking falsified flight records from the injured pilot.
• The panel could not reach a verdict on a separate allegation that he directed an associate to destroy the helicopter’s maintenance records, and it was discharged.
• Acting Justice Alan Blow enlarged Wright’s bail, noting the likelihood of an appeal and a legal question already reserved for determination.
• The verdicts were delivered in Darwin on Friday afternoon, and Wright departed court on the same bail conditions.
• The case arises from a February 2022 Arnhem Land crash that killed Chris “Willow” Wilson and left pilot Sebastian Robinson paraplegic, with prosecutors not alleging Wright caused the accident.