Outback Wrangler star Matt Wright will head to trial subsequent yr, accused of perverting the course of justice following a lethal chopper crash that killed his co-star.
Chris Wilson, 34, plunged to his demise in a distant space of the Northern Territory in February final yr whereas hooked up to a helicopter owned by Wright.
Wright and his pilot Michael Burbidge went to the scene of the crash, accompanied by former senior police officer Neil Mellon.
The three males had been all later charged with perverting the course of justice and destroying proof.
Wright appeared in Darwin Native Courtroom on Thursday when prosecutors stated they had been able to go to trial on one of many seven costs.
He’ll face the NT Supreme Courtroom on January 18 on one depend of perverting the course of justice
The opposite six costs, which embody tampering with proof and threatening pilot Sebastian Robinson who was critically injured within the crash, have been moved to a later date.
Burbidge who was dealing with 4 costs, pleaded responsible to destroying proof and had the opposite three costs withdrawn.
Mellon is about to look in court docket afterward Thursday afternoon.
By 2017, most security circumstances limiting peak, pace and publicity had been eliminated by CASA, which means Wilson may very well be hooked up to the helicopter as much as 30 metres.
The ATSB additionally made findings towards Wright, with the report saying his helicopter firm had a “lengthy historical past of noncompliance” and the chopper had a number of engine defects.
The civil costs within the Federal Courtroom will possible not be heard till subsequent yr.
