Helicopter pilot in crash that killed Outback Wrangler star was a ‘party animal’, court told

Jock Purcell tells court Sebastian Robinson was ‘hopeless with paperwork’ and says Matt Wright – who has pleaded not guilty to attempting to pervert the course of justice – was ‘lenient’ with record keeping

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A pilot whose helicopter crashed, killing Outback Wrangler co-star Chris “Willow” Wilson, was a “party animal” and cocaine user who was “hopeless” at keeping flight records, a court has been told.

Pilot Sebastian Robinson was left a paraplegic after the February 2022 crash during a crocodile-egg collecting mission in remote swampland in the Northern Territory.