<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><span>Outback Wrangler</span></em><span> star Matt Wright has been released from prison, narrowly missing the birth of his newborn son.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The celebrity crocodile wrangler was </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/reality-tv-star-jailed-for-interfering-with-crash-probe/77920d71-c63c-48a2-a744-81ea4b2b69ea" rel="" target="" title="jailed in December for perverting the course of justice"><span>jailed in December for perverting the course of justice</span></a><span> over a 2022 helicopter crash that killed his friend and co-star Chris Wilson and severely injured pilot Sebastian Robinson.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He was handed a 10-month sentence, suspended after five, with a two-year good behaviour bond after a jury found him guilty of two counts of perverting the course of justice.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>POLITICS:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/farrer-byelection-2026-results-barnaby-joyce-one-nation-looking-ahead-after-historic-win/bd333a9d-2693-45f9-aeae-bfab0da6247e" target="_blank"><strong><span>Joyce says One Nation will 'go for government' after historic win</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Wright is appealing the convictions.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Finally home with my family after one hell of a fight," Wright wrote in an Instagram post, alongside an image of himself, his two older children and his wife Kaia cradling their newborn.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Didn't quite make the birth of our beautiful boy Sterling but </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/kaiawright1/"><span>@kaiawright1</span></a><span> did an incredible job."</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/outback-wrangler-star-matt-wright-home-following-prison-release-birth-of-son-sterling/2c7de685-df8d-40d4-962b-e81732eb5d08" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It's understood Kaia gave birth to the couple's third child just hours before the Outback Wrangler was released from jail, after her attempts to secure an early release from NT authorities for her husband on compassionate grounds failed.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><strong><span>NEVER MISS A STORY:</span></strong></em><span> </span><em><span>Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.</span></em></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><ul><li><p><em><strong><span>Download the 9NEWS App here via</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727"><em><strong><span>Apple</span></strong></em></a><span> </span><em><strong><span>and</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1"><em><strong><span>Google Play</span></strong></em></a></p></li><li><p><em><strong><span>Make 9News your preferred source on Google by</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://9.nine.com.au/8x987w"><em><strong><span>ticking this box here</span></strong></em></a></p></li><li><p><em><strong><span>Sign up to</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://login.nine.com.au/edm?client_id=nineatnine"><em><strong><span>our breaking newsletter here</span></strong></em></a></p></li></ul></div></div>