Overview

• After screening more than 400 candidates, a panel of 12 jurors and two reserves was sworn in for a trial expected to last up to five weeks.
• Justice Alan Blow instructed jurors to ignore all external media and social commentary, warning a television segment risked compromising Wright’s right to a fair hearing.
• Wright has pleaded not guilty to three counts of attempting to pervert the course of justice over alleged post-crash record tampering.
• Evidence to be aired includes phone intercepts and secret listening-device recordings intended to show Wright sought to obstruct investigators.
• Crown prosecutors told the court the charges do not relate to the cause of the crash but focus solely on alleged obstruction and falsification of helicopter maintenance logs.