VFR for helicopter is clear of cloud, in sight of surface. So dropping through a hole to clear of cloud below is OK.
This flight went wrong after the descent through the hole to the narrowing clear layer below. The descent itself and the first minute or so below cloud looks OK, then possibly he entered cloud - witness on the ground does not have the same view PB would have - or maybe not. AAIB will tell us the answers.
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