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Lloyd Jones

EXPLAINED: Reality tv star facing reality of life behind bars - The Real Truth

Matt Wright lied to investigators and attempted to falsify records after a fatal helicopter crash. (HANDOUT/Australian Transport Safety Bureau)

Reality TV star Matt Wright has spent his first night behind bars after being sentenced to jail for trying to pervert the course of justice after a fatal helicopter crash. 

In the Supreme Court in Darwin on Friday Acting Justice Alan Blow sentenced the 46-year-old to 10 months in prison, suspended after he serves five months, with a two-year good behaviour period.

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