Famed Australian crocodile wrangler Matt Wright has been found guilty of lying to police and pressuring a hospitalised witness after a fatal helicopter crash.
The former Netflix star was charged with three counts of perverting the course of justice over the crocodile-egg-harvesting disaster in 2022. A jury on Friday returned guilty verdicts for two but couldn't agree on the third.
Wright's friend and Outback Wrangler co-star Chris "Willow" Wilson, who was suspended from the aircraft in a sling, died when it hit the ground. Pilot Sebastian Robinson was also seriously injured.
Prosecutors argued Wright had tried to tamper with evidence out of fear of being blamed for the crash.
Wright had pleaded not guilty to the charges, and his lawyers have already flagged they intend to appeal the verdict - which was delivered by the jury on his 46th birthday.
