Wright’s lawyers have painted Robinson as a cocaine-using “party animal” who constantly broke aviation rules, including disconnecting flying-hour meters.

The charges against Wright do not relate to the cause of the accident and the prosecution does not allege he is responsible for either the crash, Wilson’s death or Robinson’s injuries.

A helicopter crash in February 2022 killed Wright’s friend and co-star Chris “Willow” Wilson on a crocodile-egg collecting mission in Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory. Source: AAP / AAPIMAGE

The key accusations against Wright are that he asked an associate to “torch” the maintenance release for the crashed helicopter, he lied about the amount of fuel in the machine’s tank and that he tried to get Robinson to transfer flying hours from that machine onto his own.