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Two men were found guilty in the High Court at Nelson this morning of the manslaughter of a pilot in a helicopter crash.
Father-of-nine Philip Heney was killed when a tail component failed while he was landing his Robinson R22 helicopter near Murchison, southwest of Nelson, in August 2005.
Former maintenance company owner, John Horrell, 56, and a senior engineer, Ronald Potts, 60, were found guilty of his manslaughter and of causing injury to a passenger.
They will be sentenced in May.
The prosecution said the pair failed to properly supervise maintenance work on the helicopter.
The jurors returned their verdicts this morning after deliberating for around 10 hours over two days.
- NZPA
