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4 days ago
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Crash pilot denies making up claims against TV star
A helicopter crash pilot has been accused of concocting "absolute falsehoods" that reality TV star Matt Wright tried to get him to falsify flying hours and deleted phone messages, a jury has heard. Sebastian Robinson was left a paraplegic after the crash in February 2022 that killed Outback Wrangler co-star Chris "Willow" Wilson in Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory. Mr Robinson is giving evidence in the Supreme Court in Darwin at the trial of Wright, who has pleaded not guilty to three counts of attempting to pervert the course of justice. Prosecutors allege Wright was worried crash investigators would discover flight-time meters were disconnected regularly to extend flying hours beyond official thresholds and paperwork was falsified. Mr Wilson fell to the ground from a sling beneath the chopper while collecting crocodile eggs in remote swampland. The aircraft then crashed, seriously injuring Mr Robinson, who is giving evidence by video link from his wheelchair. In court on Friday the 32-year-old was accused by senior defence counsel David Edwardson KC of concocting a story that Wright had asked him to manipulate helicopter flying hours. Mr Robinson has said Wright asked him at his hospital bedside in Brisbane 11 days after the crash to transfer flying hours from the crashed chopper IDW onto Mr Robinson's ZXZ machine, something he declined to do. Mr Edwardson put it to Mr Robinson the conversation about manipulating flying hours never happened. But Mr Robinson said he remembered Wright saying something along the lines, "we might have to put some hours across onto ZXZ". Mr Edwardson said Wright, as chief pilot of his company Helibrook, had the responsibility to make sure Mr Robinson's flight paperwork was up to speed, when he was "hopelessly" behind. Mr Robinson has also told the court he remembered at the hospital his phone was in Wright's hand and he was deleting items from it, which he believed to be helicopter flight times from egg collecting. But Mr Edwardson put it to Mr Robinson that was an "absolute falsehood" because Wright never touched his phone and did not delete any messages. Mr Robinson said he disagreed. The jury was shown images of phone messages extracted by police from Mr Robinson's phone displaying a list of flying hours sent to Wright between December 2021 and the crash on February 2022. Mr Edwardson put it to Mr Robinson that showed no messages had been deleted from his phone as he claimed. Mr Robinson has previously admitted cocaine use and supply but has told the court he never flew helicopters while high. He has vigorously denied the helicopter crashed because it ran out of fuel. 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, Mr Wilson's death or Mr Robinson's injuries. The trial continues. A helicopter crash pilot has been accused of concocting "absolute falsehoods" that reality TV star Matt Wright tried to get him to falsify flying hours and deleted phone messages, a jury has heard. Sebastian Robinson was left a paraplegic after the crash in February 2022 that killed Outback Wrangler co-star Chris "Willow" Wilson in Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory. Mr Robinson is giving evidence in the Supreme Court in Darwin at the trial of Wright, who has pleaded not guilty to three counts of attempting to pervert the course of justice. Prosecutors allege Wright was worried crash investigators would discover flight-time meters were disconnected regularly to extend flying hours beyond official thresholds and paperwork was falsified. Mr Wilson fell to the ground from a sling beneath the chopper while collecting crocodile eggs in remote swampland. The aircraft then crashed, seriously injuring Mr Robinson, who is giving evidence by video link from his wheelchair. In court on Friday the 32-year-old was accused by senior defence counsel David Edwardson KC of concocting a story that Wright had asked him to manipulate helicopter flying hours. Mr Robinson has said Wright asked him at his hospital bedside in Brisbane 11 days after the crash to transfer flying hours from the crashed chopper IDW onto Mr Robinson's ZXZ machine, something he declined to do. Mr Edwardson put it to Mr Robinson the conversation about manipulating flying hours never happened. But Mr Robinson said he remembered Wright saying something along the lines, "we might have to put some hours across onto ZXZ". Mr Edwardson said Wright, as chief pilot of his company Helibrook, had the responsibility to make sure Mr Robinson's flight paperwork was up to speed, when he was "hopelessly" behind. Mr Robinson has also told the court he remembered at the hospital his phone was in Wright's hand and he was deleting items from it, which he believed to be helicopter flight times from egg collecting. But Mr Edwardson put it to Mr Robinson that was an "absolute falsehood" because Wright never touched his phone and did not delete any messages. Mr Robinson said he disagreed. The jury was shown images of phone messages extracted by police from Mr Robinson's phone displaying a list of flying hours sent to Wright between December 2021 and the crash on February 2022. Mr Edwardson put it to Mr Robinson that showed no messages had been deleted from his phone as he claimed. Mr Robinson has previously admitted cocaine use and supply but has told the court he never flew helicopters while high. He has vigorously denied the helicopter crashed because it ran out of fuel. 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, Mr Wilson's death or Mr Robinson's injuries. The trial continues. A helicopter crash pilot has been accused of concocting "absolute falsehoods" that reality TV star Matt Wright tried to get him to falsify flying hours and deleted phone messages, a jury has heard. Sebastian Robinson was left a paraplegic after the crash in February 2022 that killed Outback Wrangler co-star Chris "Willow" Wilson in Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory. Mr Robinson is giving evidence in the Supreme Court in Darwin at the trial of Wright, who has pleaded not guilty to three counts of attempting to pervert the course of justice. Prosecutors allege Wright was worried crash investigators would discover flight-time meters were disconnected regularly to extend flying hours beyond official thresholds and paperwork was falsified. Mr Wilson fell to the ground from a sling beneath the chopper while collecting crocodile eggs in remote swampland. The aircraft then crashed, seriously injuring Mr Robinson, who is giving evidence by video link from his wheelchair. In court on Friday the 32-year-old was accused by senior defence counsel David Edwardson KC of concocting a story that Wright had asked him to manipulate helicopter flying hours. Mr Robinson has said Wright asked him at his hospital bedside in Brisbane 11 days after the crash to transfer flying hours from the crashed chopper IDW onto Mr Robinson's ZXZ machine, something he declined to do. Mr Edwardson put it to Mr Robinson the conversation about manipulating flying hours never happened. But Mr Robinson said he remembered Wright saying something along the lines, "we might have to put some hours across onto ZXZ". Mr Edwardson said Wright, as chief pilot of his company Helibrook, had the responsibility to make sure Mr Robinson's flight paperwork was up to speed, when he was "hopelessly" behind. Mr Robinson has also told the court he remembered at the hospital his phone was in Wright's hand and he was deleting items from it, which he believed to be helicopter flight times from egg collecting. But Mr Edwardson put it to Mr Robinson that was an "absolute falsehood" because Wright never touched his phone and did not delete any messages. Mr Robinson said he disagreed. The jury was shown images of phone messages extracted by police from Mr Robinson's phone displaying a list of flying hours sent to Wright between December 2021 and the crash on February 2022. Mr Edwardson put it to Mr Robinson that showed no messages had been deleted from his phone as he claimed. Mr Robinson has previously admitted cocaine use and supply but has told the court he never flew helicopters while high. He has vigorously denied the helicopter crashed because it ran out of fuel. 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, Mr Wilson's death or Mr Robinson's injuries. The trial continues. A helicopter crash pilot has been accused of concocting "absolute falsehoods" that reality TV star Matt Wright tried to get him to falsify flying hours and deleted phone messages, a jury has heard. Sebastian Robinson was left a paraplegic after the crash in February 2022 that killed Outback Wrangler co-star Chris "Willow" Wilson in Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory. Mr Robinson is giving evidence in the Supreme Court in Darwin at the trial of Wright, who has pleaded not guilty to three counts of attempting to pervert the course of justice. Prosecutors allege Wright was worried crash investigators would discover flight-time meters were disconnected regularly to extend flying hours beyond official thresholds and paperwork was falsified. Mr Wilson fell to the ground from a sling beneath the chopper while collecting crocodile eggs in remote swampland. The aircraft then crashed, seriously injuring Mr Robinson, who is giving evidence by video link from his wheelchair. In court on Friday the 32-year-old was accused by senior defence counsel David Edwardson KC of concocting a story that Wright had asked him to manipulate helicopter flying hours. Mr Robinson has said Wright asked him at his hospital bedside in Brisbane 11 days after the crash to transfer flying hours from the crashed chopper IDW onto Mr Robinson's ZXZ machine, something he declined to do. Mr Edwardson put it to Mr Robinson the conversation about manipulating flying hours never happened. But Mr Robinson said he remembered Wright saying something along the lines, "we might have to put some hours across onto ZXZ". Mr Edwardson said Wright, as chief pilot of his company Helibrook, had the responsibility to make sure Mr Robinson's flight paperwork was up to speed, when he was "hopelessly" behind. Mr Robinson has also told the court he remembered at the hospital his phone was in Wright's hand and he was deleting items from it, which he believed to be helicopter flight times from egg collecting. But Mr Edwardson put it to Mr Robinson that was an "absolute falsehood" because Wright never touched his phone and did not delete any messages. Mr Robinson said he disagreed. The jury was shown images of phone messages extracted by police from Mr Robinson's phone displaying a list of flying hours sent to Wright between December 2021 and the crash on February 2022. Mr Edwardson put it to Mr Robinson that showed no messages had been deleted from his phone as he claimed. Mr Robinson has previously admitted cocaine use and supply but has told the court he never flew helicopters while high. He has vigorously denied the helicopter crashed because it ran out of fuel. 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, Mr Wilson's death or Mr Robinson's injuries. The trial continues.
Perth Now
4 days ago
- Perth Now
Crash pilot denies making up claims against TV star
A helicopter crash pilot has been accused of concocting "absolute falsehoods" that reality TV star Matt Wright tried to get him to falsify flying hours and deleted phone messages, a jury has heard. Sebastian Robinson was left a paraplegic after the crash in February 2022 that killed Outback Wrangler co-star Chris "Willow" Wilson in Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory. Mr Robinson is giving evidence in the Supreme Court in Darwin at the trial of Wright, who has pleaded not guilty to three counts of attempting to pervert the course of justice. Prosecutors allege Wright was worried crash investigators would discover flight-time meters were disconnected regularly to extend flying hours beyond official thresholds and paperwork was falsified. Mr Wilson fell to the ground from a sling beneath the chopper while collecting crocodile eggs in remote swampland. The aircraft then crashed, seriously injuring Mr Robinson, who is giving evidence by video link from his wheelchair. In court on Friday the 32-year-old was accused by senior defence counsel David Edwardson KC of concocting a story that Wright had asked him to manipulate helicopter flying hours. Mr Robinson has said Wright asked him at his hospital bedside in Brisbane 11 days after the crash to transfer flying hours from the crashed chopper IDW onto Mr Robinson's ZXZ machine, something he declined to do. Mr Edwardson put it to Mr Robinson the conversation about manipulating flying hours never happened. But Mr Robinson said he remembered Wright saying something along the lines, "we might have to put some hours across onto ZXZ". Mr Edwardson said Wright, as chief pilot of his company Helibrook, had the responsibility to make sure Mr Robinson's flight paperwork was up to speed, when he was "hopelessly" behind. Mr Robinson has also told the court he remembered at the hospital his phone was in Wright's hand and he was deleting items from it, which he believed to be helicopter flight times from egg collecting. But Mr Edwardson put it to Mr Robinson that was an "absolute falsehood" because Wright never touched his phone and did not delete any messages. Mr Robinson said he disagreed. The jury was shown images of phone messages extracted by police from Mr Robinson's phone displaying a list of flying hours sent to Wright between December 2021 and the crash on February 2022. Mr Edwardson put it to Mr Robinson that showed no messages had been deleted from his phone as he claimed. Mr Robinson has previously admitted cocaine use and supply but has told the court he never flew helicopters while high. He has vigorously denied the helicopter crashed because it ran out of fuel. 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, Mr Wilson's death or Mr Robinson's injuries. The trial continues.
Perth Now
6 days ago
- Perth Now
‘Delete': Alleged hospital ask of paraplegic crash survivor
A paraplegic pilot who survived a fatal chopper crash says reality television star Matt Wright visited him in hospital and asked him to manipulate flight records before deleting data from his phone. Sebastian Robinson has told the jury in Mr Wright's criminal trial that he was still heavily sedated, in 'very bad shape' and 'hallucinating' when the celebrity croc-wrangler visited him in hospital in March 2022. Just days earlier – on February 28 – Mr Robinson was critically injured when the helicopter he was flying crashed during a crocodile egg collecting mission at West Arnhem Land. His friend and egg collector Chris Wilson, who had been slinging beneath the chopper, was killed. Outback Wrangler Matt Wright and his wife Kaia Wright approaching the Supreme Court in Darwin on Tuesday August 12. NewsWire/ Zizi Averill Credit: News Corp Australia The aircraft – a Robinson R44, registered VH-IDW – was owned and operated by Mr Wright's since-liquidated company Helibrook. Mr Wright is on trial in the Northern Territory Supreme Court after being charged with three counts of attempting to pervert the course of justice in relation to the investigation into the fatal crash. The 45-year-old Top End tourism operator has pleaded not guilty to all charges. During his second day of evidence Mr Robinson told the jury that Mr Wright visited him in Royal Brisbane Hospital twice after the crash. The first visit, with his wife Kaia, was on March 11. Mr Robinson said he was hallucinating and 'in a very bad shape'. 'I had tubes coming out of me everywhere, I had braces on my neck, ankles and elbow,' he told the court. 'I was still heavily sedated and under a lot of medication. 'If I wanted to get out of bed I had to put a neck brace on, I had to get a hoist to lift me into a wheelchair.' Mr Robinson said Mr Wright brought some documents with him to the hospital. 'I remember laying in the bed looking down at an arrangement of documents all across in front of me,' he said. Under questioning from crown prosecutor Jason Gullaci SC, Mr Robinson confirmed Mr Wright had left two documents at the hospital and his mother, Noelene Chellingworth, took a photograph of them. Mr Gullaci asked Mr Robinson why Mr Wright had visited. Pilot Sebastian Robinson, who was critically injured in the chopper crash that killed Netflix star Chris Wilson, is expected to give evidence at Outback Wrangler Matt Wright's criminal trial in Darwin. Credit: Unknown / Supplied The 32-year-old said the Outback Wrangler host had wanted 'to manipulate hours on my aircraft'. 'He asked if I would consider putting any of his hours, from his helicopter, on to my helicopter.' The court heard Mr Robinson was being asked to put egg-collecting hours flown in VH-IDW on to his own helicopter, registered VH-ZXZ, which was not equipped for egg collecting. 'ZXZ was not fitted with dual hooks to sling people,' he said. 'It was not used for the purpose of human external cargo and was not fitted with the equipment to do so. 'I was still in a pretty bad way, very confused and knew something wasn't right and I said I'd think about it, from memory. 'I remember something along the lines of him saying, 'Just have a think about it and I'll come back and see you tomorrow'.' Mr Wright then visited Mr Robinson in hospital again on March 13 and brought his friend Jai Tomlinson with him. Mr Wright allegedly brought up the transfer of flight hours from IDW to ZXZ. 'I just remember having concerns about what was happening,' Mr Robinson said. 'I said I didn't feel comfortable doing it. 'I don't think he was upset, from the way I remember it he sort of said, 'that's OK',' he said. Mr Robinson alleged Mr Wright also asked for the injured pilots personal mobile phone. 'He asked to go through my phone and delete a few things,' Mr Robinson said. 'I remember looking over and seeing him holding my phone and flicking through it and deleting things.' Mr Robinson said he also 'vaguely' remembers 'deleting notes out of my phone' while Mr Wright was with him at hospital. 'Start and stop times for IDW for egg collection,' he said. 'They were notes in my iPhone that I would send to him, for example, at the end of the week after a week of collecting. 'It was a very hard time for me. I didn't know who to trust and I panicked and went along with it.' Snippets of a secret recording made during Mr Wright's hospital visit were also played to the jury. In the recording Mr Wright can allegedly be heard talking to someone on his mobile phone, while in the hospital room with Mr Robinson, about the manipulation of his flight records. Mr Gullaci said Mr Wright can be heard, in one section of the recording, asking someone 'we don't even need to fill a trip sheet out for that do we?'. Mr Robinson said trip sheets had not been used at Helibrook for years and he had not completed one for at least 12 months prior to the crash. 'There was a small period, from memory, with the previous chief pilot, where he showed us how to use them but it wasn't common practice to fill them out,' he said. When Mr Gullaci on Wednesday presented Mr Robinson with three trip sheets he had purportedly filled out in February 2022, Mr Robinson denied it was his handwriting. 'Did you fill that in?' Mr Gullaci asked. 'No I did not,' Mr Robinson said. Pilot Sebastian Robinson, who was critically injured in the chopper crash that killed Netflix star Chris Wilson, is expected to give evidence at Outback Wrangler Matt Wright's criminal trial in Darwin. PICTURED: Pilot Sebastian Robinson (l) and Chris Wilson Unknown Credit: Unknown / Supplied 'That's fabricated. I did not do that,' he said. Earlier on Wednesday the court heard Mr Wright was not on the egg-collecting mission the day of the crash 'because he was an anti-vaxxer' so could not enter Arnhem Land where strict COVID restrictions were in place. 'It was just common knowledge that he wasn't vaccinated, so he couldn't do any work in Arnhem Land,' he said. 'Everyone knew that Matt was an anti-vaxxer so he could only fly in places where there weren't restrictions.' Despite this, Mr Wright flew to the remote crash site after learning of the accident. Mr Robinson said there were also restrictions on who could visit him in hospital and that visitors 'had to have a valid COVID certificate'. The trial before acting Justice Alan Blow continues.
West Australian
6 days ago
- West Australian
TV star Matt Wright asked paraplegic pilot to ‘manipulate' flight records and ‘deleted things' from his phone
A paraplegic pilot who survived a fatal chopper crash says reality television star Matt Wright visited him in hospital and asked him to manipulate flight records before deleting data from his phone. Sebastian Robinson has told the jury in Mr Wright's criminal trial that he was still heavily sedated, in 'very bad shape' and 'hallucinating' when the celebrity croc-wrangler visited him in hospital in March 2022. Just days earlier – on February 28 – Mr Robinson was critically injured when the helicopter he was flying crashed during a crocodile egg collecting mission at West Arnhem Land. His friend and egg collector Chris Wilson, who had been slinging beneath the chopper, was killed. The aircraft – a Robinson R44, registered VH-IDW – was owned and operated by Mr Wright's since-liquidated company Helibrook. Mr Wright is on trial in the Northern Territory Supreme Court after being charged with three counts of attempting to pervert the course of justice in relation to the investigation into the fatal crash. The 45-year-old Top End tourism operator has pleaded not guilty to all charges. During his second day of evidence Mr Robinson told the jury that Mr Wright visited him in Royal Brisbane Hospital twice after the crash. The first visit, with his wife Kaia, was on March 11. Mr Robinson said he was hallucinating and 'in a very bad shape'. 'I had tubes coming out of me everywhere, I had braces on my neck, ankles and elbow,' he told the court. 'I was still heavily sedated and under a lot of medication. 'If I wanted to get out of bed I had to put a neck brace on, I had to get a hoist to lift me into a wheelchair.' Mr Robinson said Mr Wright brought some documents with him to the hospital. 'I remember laying in the bed looking down at an arrangement of documents all across in front of me,' he said. Under questioning from crown prosecutor Jason Gullaci SC, Mr Robinson confirmed Mr Wright had left two documents at the hospital and his mother, Noelene Chellingworth, took a photograph of them. Mr Gullaci asked Mr Robinson why Mr Wright had visited. The 32-year-old said the Outback Wrangler host had wanted 'to manipulate hours on my aircraft'. 'He asked if I would consider putting any of his hours, from his helicopter, on to my helicopter.' The court heard Mr Robinson was being asked to put egg-collecting hours flown in VH-IDW on to his own helicopter, registered VH-ZXZ, which was not equipped for egg collecting. 'ZXZ was not fitted with dual hooks to sling people,' he said. 'It was not used for the purpose of human external cargo and was not fitted with the equipment to do so. 'I was still in a pretty bad way, very confused and knew something wasn't right and I said I'd think about it, from memory. 'I remember something along the lines of him saying, 'Just have a think about it and I'll come back and see you tomorrow'.' Mr Wright then visited Mr Robinson in hospital again on March 13 and brought his friend Jai Tomlinson with him. Mr Wright allegedly brought up the transfer of flight hours from IDW to ZXZ. 'I just remember having concerns about what was happening,' Mr Robinson said. 'I said I didn't feel comfortable doing it. 'I don't think he was upset, from the way I remember it he sort of said, 'that's OK',' he said. Mr Robinson alleged Mr Wright also asked for the injured pilots personal mobile phone. 'He asked to go through my phone and delete a few things,' Mr Robinson said. 'I remember looking over and seeing him holding my phone and flicking through it and deleting things.' Mr Robinson said he also 'vaguely' remembers 'deleting notes out of my phone' while Mr Wright was with him at hospital. 'Start and stop times for IDW for egg collection,' he said. 'They were notes in my iPhone that I would send to him, for example, at the end of the week after a week of collecting. 'It was a very hard time for me. I didn't know who to trust and I panicked and went along with it.' Snippets of a secret recording made during Mr Wright's hospital visit were also played to the jury. In the recording Mr Wright can allegedly be heard talking to someone on his mobile phone, while in the hospital room with Mr Robinson, about the manipulation of his flight records. Mr Gullaci said Mr Wright can be heard, in one section of the recording, asking someone 'we don't even need to fill a trip sheet out for that do we?'. Mr Robinson said trip sheets had not been used at Helibrook for years and he had not completed one for at least 12 months prior to the crash. 'There was a small period, from memory, with the previous chief pilot, where he showed us how to use them but it wasn't common practice to fill them out,' he said. When Mr Gullaci on Wednesday presented Mr Robinson with three trip sheets he had purportedly filled out in February 2022, Mr Robinson denied it was his handwriting. 'Did you fill that in?' Mr Gullaci asked. 'No I did not,' Mr Robinson said. 'That's fabricated. I did not do that,' he said. Earlier on Wednesday the court heard Mr Wright was not on the egg-collecting mission the day of the crash 'because he was an anti-vaxxer' so could not enter Arnhem Land where strict COVID restrictions were in place. 'It was just common knowledge that he wasn't vaccinated, so he couldn't do any work in Arnhem Land,' he said. 'Everyone knew that Matt was an anti-vaxxer so he could only fly in places where there weren't restrictions.' Despite this, Mr Wright flew to the remote crash site after learning of the accident. Mr Robinson said there were also restrictions on who could visit him in hospital and that visitors 'had to have a valid COVID certificate'. The trial before acting Justice Alan Blow continues.
Perth Now
6 days ago
- Perth Now
Bombshell claim on ‘anti-vax' Netflix star
Outback Wrangler Matt Wright was allegedly secretly recorded discussing the manipulation of his flight records while visiting a paraplegic chopper crash survivor in hospital, a jury has heard. On Wednesday, former pilot Sebastian Robinson told the jury the reality television star was an 'anti-vaxxer' despite Mr Wright going to two Covid restricted areas, a remote helicopter crash site and the injured pilot's Brisbane hospital room. The 45-year-old star has pleaded not guilty to three counts of attempting to pervert the course of justice, following the death of his mate Chris 'Willow' Wilson on February 28, 2022. Mr Wilson, 34, was dangling from a helicopter in a sling above a croc-filled swamp in remote Arnhem Land, NT when the chopper crashed, killing him and critically injuring the 28-year-old pilot. Croc egg collector Chris Wilson was killed, while his pilot Sebastian Robinson was critically injured in a helicopter crash on the King River, West Arnhem on February 28. Credit: News Corp Australia It has not been alleged Mr Wright was responsible for the crash, however Prosecutor Jason Gullaci alleged the reality television star attempted to cover up his history underreporting flight hours for the chopper. On Wednesday, Mr Robinson told the jury that the main reason Mr Wright was not on that same fateful crocodile egg collection mission was 'because he was an anti-vaxxer'. Seb Robinson. Instagram Credit: News Corp Australia The pilot said that in February 2022 there were strict Covid rules for anyone entering the remote areas in the Territory, where they needed to provide proof of their vaccinations, and take rapid antigen tests. The jury has previously heard Mr Wright flew to the remote crash site with Wild Harvest NT director Mick Burns and off-duty senior NT Police officer Neil Mellon. Matt Wright trial guide Following the crash, Mr Robinson spent a month in Brisbane hospital, where Covid restrictions meant two people could visit and everyone needed to provide a valid vaccination certificate. The now paraplegic former pilot told the jury that he had limited recollection of this time, as he had just come out of a coma, was heavily sedated and 'hallucinating'. However, he said he 'vaguely' remembered a visit from Mr Wright and wife Kaia on March 11. 'I have a vivid memory of him having some sort of paperwork in his hands,' Mr Robinson said. He alleged his boss wanted to move 'a few' hours from the crashed helicopter – a Robinson R-44 with the call sign IDW – to Mr Robinson's personal chopper – a Robinson R-44 with the call sign ZXZ. Mr Robinson said the IDW flight hours were for wild crocodile egg collecting missions, despite ZXZ not being equipped for that dangerous task. He also alleged Mr Wright 'asked to go through my phone and delete a few things'. 'I remember looking over and seeing him holding my phone and flicking through it and deleting things,' Mr Robinson said. The jury heard the former pilot also deleted 'some stuff', including phone notes for start and stop times for IDW during egg collection trips. 'It was a very hard time for me. I didn't know who to trust and I panicked and went along with it,' he said. A jury has heard allegations Mr Wright asked to go through the pilot's phone 'and delete a few things' after the crash. NewsWire / Pema Tamang Pakhrin Credit: NewsWire Mr Robinson alleged on Mr Wright's second hospital visit he brought along Jai Thomlinson to again discuss the transfer of hours from IDW to ZXZ. 'I just remember having concerns about what was happening,' Mr Robinson said. 'I said I didn't feel comfortable doing it,' he said. 'I don't think (Mr Wright) was upset … He sort of said 'That's OK'.' A secret mobile audio recording of this hospital visit allegedly captured Mr Wright talking about IDW flight times over the phone. Mr Wright's defence lawyer David Edwardson has previously alleged that Mr Robinson was worried that the discrepancies in his own flight paperwork would be revealed. On Tuesday Mr Robinson admitted he initially repeatedly lied to investigators, as he 'panicked' as he was worried about his own pilot's licence. Crown Prosecutor Jason Gullaci SC. NewsWire / Pema Tamang Pakhrin Credit: NewsWire Mr Gullaci presented Mr Robinson with helicopter documents, which the former pilot said included entries that did not appear to be his handwriting. Mr Robinson also said he had 'never' filled out a trip sheet in the last 12 months of working for Mr Wright's Helibrook, despite Mr Gullaci showing him three 'purported trip documents' claiming Mr Robinson had taken trips in IDW. 'Did you fill that in?' Mr Gullaci asked. 'No I did not,' Mr Robinson said. The jury was also shown two versions of invoices from Mr Robinson to Mr Wright, prepared by the pilot's mother Noelene Chellingworth. Mr Robinson said the first invoice was in his standard format, detailing each individual flight he took, with a total bill of $21,500. Mr Robinson said there was a request to change the invoice format to provide less information, 'from full days, half days, dates, locations, just to amounts per month'. However he could not be certain who asked for the invoice changes. Mr Robinson will continue giving evidence on Wednesday afternoon.
