The trial of reality TV star Matt Wright on charges of attempting to pervert the course of justice after a fatal outback helicopter crash has again been delayed.
The February 2022 crash killed Wright’s friend and Outback Wrangler TV show co-star Chris “Willow” Wilson, who was hanging from a sling under the chopper on a mission to collect crocodile eggs.
A jury was to be chosen on Thursday.
But in the Supreme Court in Darwin on Wednesday, Acting Justice Allan Blow rescheduled the empanelment for August 5.
It ensures the jury will be selected following a long weekend, with August 4 marking the Picnic Day public holiday in the NT.
The start of the trial has been delayed several times and pre-trial legal argument before Blow will continue this week.
The trial is expected to take up to four weeks and hear from about 25 witnesses.
An Australian Transport Safety Bureau report into the crash near the King River in Arnhem Land found the chopper’s engine stopped mid-flight because of a lack of fuel.
The crash into a paperbark swamp killed Wilson, 34, and critically injured pilot Sebastian Robinson, 28.
The charge of attempting to pervert the course of justice carries a maximum 15-year jail term in the NT.
Wright rose to fame starring in National Geographic’s Outback Wrangler and Netflix series Wild Croc Territory.
-AAP
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