Overview

• Wright will face charges at his arraignment on Monday, marking his first formal plea since the June amendment added three counts.
• Jury empanelment is scheduled for Wednesday with evidence unlikely to start before Thursday as lawyers argue preliminary matters.
• He is accused of three counts of attempting to pervert the course of justice over the February 2022 King River helicopter crash that killed Chris Wilson and injured Sebastian Robinson.
• Prosecutor Jason Gullaci SC plans to call two witnesses to set the scene before pilot Sebastian Robinson provides testimony.
• The trial is expected to run at least three weeks in the NT Supreme Court before Acting Justice Alan Blow with Wright defended by David Edwardson KC and Luke Officer.