Outback Wrangler star agreed helicopter pilot had ‘thrown everyone under the bus’ in covert recording played in court

Matt Wright has pleaded not guilty to three counts of attempting to pervert the course of justice

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The reality TV star Matt Wright’s home was bugged with listening devices and phone taps for three months as police sought evidence of a cover-up following a fatal helicopter crash, a jury has heard.

Covert recordings of Wright’s conversations have played a key part in his trial at the Northern Territory supreme court in Darwin.