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Outback Wrangler Matt Wright has been found guilty of two counts in his high-profile case.

Outback Wrangler vows to appeal after guilty verdict

Outback Wrangler host Matt Wright has vowed to appeal his verdicts after being found guilty of attempting to pervert the course of justice following the fatal chopper crash that killed his co-star Chris Wilson.

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Matt Wright is accused of trying to cover up evidence after a helicopter crash.

Croc-wrangler ‘cool, clinical and premeditated’ after crash

The prosecutor in celebrity croc-wrangler Matt Wright’s trial said the star rushed to the scene of the crashed chopper to assist his friends but also wanted to get there before investigators.

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Outback Wrangler Matt Wright and his wife Kaia Wright outside the Supreme Court in Darwin.

Chopper crash had ‘traumatic impact on many’: prosecution

The crown prosecutor in Outback Wrangler host Matt Wright’s criminal trial has delivered his closing address, detailing how the fatal helicopter crash has torn lives and friendships apart.

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Outback Wrangler Matt Wright and his wife Kaia Wright alongside his instructing solicitor Luke Officer approaching the Supreme Court in Darwin.

The evidence so far in croc-wrangler Matt Wright’s trial

The jury, tasked with determining whether Outback Wrangler Matt Wright attempted to pervert the course of justice following a fatal chopper crash, could be sent out to consider its verdicts as early as Tuesday.

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Outback Wrangler Matt Wright denies all the charges

Wild moments in Outback Wrangler trial

From wrestling crocs to facing court: TV star Matt Wright stands accused of an elaborate plot to interfere with a fatal helicopter crash investigation.

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Recordings from listening devices placed in Matt Wright's home have been played in court. (Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS)

Outback Wrangler’s home secretly bugged for three months

Reality TV star Matt Wright can allegedly be heard angrily blaming the pilot for a fatal helicopter crash in a covert recording played to a jury.

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Jai Tomlinson said he didn't remember in answer to many questions in his friend's trial. (Lloyd Jones/AAP PHOTOS)

Friend denies colluding with Outback Wrangler star in ‘cover up’

A friend of Matt Wright has repeatedly told a court he ‘can't remember’ after being asked whether he helped the reality TV star cover up aviation breaches.

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Matt Wright and Noelene Chellingworth

Reality TV star 'offered money to crash pilot's family'

The family of a pilot seriously injured in a crash turned down $10,000 offered by reality TV star and helicopter operator Matt Wright, a court has heard.

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Pilot Sebastian Robinson and Outback Wrangler star Matt Wright on a crocodile egg collecting mission in January 2016.

Bombshell bucks party revelation at Outback Wrangler trial

A witness has told the jury in Matt Wright’s trial that chopper crash pilot Sebastian Robinson rarely used cocaine and he only saw him consume it once — at a bucks party on the celebrity croc-wrangler’s boat.

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The jury has heard Matt Wright was a Covid anti-vaxxer.

Pilot claims Outback Wrangler was an anti-vaxxer

Allegations that Outback Wrangler Matt Wright was an anti-vaxxer who broke Covid rules and was involved in a cover up following a fatal helicopter crash have been aired in court.

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Outback Wrangler star Matt Wright denies deleting messages from the pilot of a crashed helicopter.

Crash pilot denies making up claims against Outback Wrangler star

Accusations reality TV star Matt Wright tried to get a chopper pilot to falsify flying hours and deleted phone messages are falsehoods, a court has been told.

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Matt Wright is on trial facing three charges of attempting to pervert the course of justice.

Richmond Football Club dragged into Outback Wrangler trial

The star witness at Outback Wrangler Matt Wright’s trial has denied being a ‘drug trafficker’ or supplying it to a visiting football club before the fatal chopper crash that killed Netflix star Chris Wilson.

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Former helicopter pilot Seb Robinson, left, and Outback Wrangler Matt Wright.

Croc-wrangler’s secret hospital bedside recording revealed

A paraplegic pilot who survived a fatal chopper crash has revealed the bombshell alleged requests made by reality television star Matt Wright when he visited him in hospital.

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Pilot denies ‘junkie’ claim in trial of Croc Wrangler boss.

Why Wrangler pilot released Netflix star as chopper crashed

The pilot flying Outback Wrangler Matt Wright’s chopper when it fatally crashed has revealed why he made the split-second decision to release Netflix star Chris Wilson who was slinging beneath the aircraft.

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Outback Wrangler Matt Wright and his wife Kaia Wright approaching the Supreme Court in Darwin on Thursday August 7.

Full transcript of secret Outback Wrangler tape revealed

Police surveillance devices recorded Netflix star Matt Wright allegedly expressing fears his mates would ‘start squealing’ as cops ‘put pressure on’ following the fatal chopper crash that killed Chris Wilson.

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