Overview
- Acting Justice Alan Blow imposed a 10‑month term, suspended after five months, and a $5,000 fine, and Wright was taken into custody in Darwin.
- A jury convicted Wright of two counts of attempting to pervert the course of justice for lying to police about fuel and asking injured pilot Sebastian Robinson to falsify flight records.
- The judge said the hospital request was a serious, planned attempt to interfere with the investigation and cited the need for general deterrence, noting no remorse but a low risk of reoffending.
- Wright is appealing the convictions and sentence, and the NT DPP has not decided whether to retry the hung count alleging an attempt to have maintenance records destroyed.
- Chris Wilson’s widow has launched a federal civil suit against Wright, his insolvent company Helibrook, and CASA, as the case highlighted concerns about flight‑hour recordkeeping and maintenance thresholds.