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The former Australian Test cricketer may have lied about being attacked and kidnapped during a drug transaction he allegedly helped organise, a judge has been told.

The 50-year-old has been unable to lead police to the man they believe executed a $660,000 cocaine rip-off which allegedly led to the retired leg spin bowlers kidnapping despite him being a friend.

One starts to wonder whether Mr MacGill is a reliable witness, solicitor Greg Goold told Sutherland Local Court. on Wednesday. One wonders... whether there was indeed a kidnapping.

Australian cricket star Stuart MacGill claims he was kidnapped, forced to strip naked, then beaten and threatened with having his fingers cut off with bolt cutters in a seedy farmhouse by a group of thugs led by a 150kg man he called the Big Guy.  The harrowing details of the 50-year-olds alleged ordeal are contained within his nine-page police statement thats been obtained and published by the The Sunday Telegraph, in which MacGill claims the gang were attempting to extract $150,000 to pay f...

Cricket: Police statement reveals terrifying Stuart MacGill kidnapping allegations 16 May, 2021 01:00 AM 3 minutes to read news.com.au New details have emerged about the alleged kidnapping of former Australian test cricketer Stuart MacGill, 50, who was allegedly stripped, assaulted, and threatened at gunpoint for an hour. In MacGills police statement, the retired spin bowler claims he was kidnapped near his home in Sydneys north shore on April 14, strip-searched for wires and punched about eigh...

Police will allege Stuart MacGill told them a chilling story of violence and kidnapping that allegedly left the cricket star naked and terrified.

01:02 EDT, 11 May 2021 New details have emerged of how an undercover police operation investigating the alleged abduction of former cricketer Stuart MacGill helped gather the damning evidence needed to make four arrests. The retired spin bowler was allegedly confronted outside his unit on Sydneys lower north shore on April 14, forced into a vehicle and taken 60 kilometres to Bringelly in western Sydney. MacGill was allegedly held against his will after becoming embroiled in an alleged $660,0...

06:08 EDT, 10 May 2021 12 shares Cricket star Stuart MacGill was held against his will for four hours after becoming embroiled in an alleged $660,000 cocaine rip-off, according to court documents. The retired leg spinner has made a nine-page statement about his alleged ordeal which was tendered in court on Monday along with a statement by his girlfriend Maria OMeagher. Police allege MacGill was kidnapped after unwittingly introducing an acquaintance, known only as Sonny, to Marino Sotiropoul...

Cricket star Stuart MacGill was allegedly ordered to pay $150,000 or his toes would be cut off with a pair of boltcutters during a kidnapping ordeal where he was threatened at gunpoint. He was confronted by two men in Cremorne, on Sydneys north shore after 8pm on April 14, forced into a Honda with a gun waved in his face. MacGill was driven 75km away to deserted shack at Bringelly, in southwest Sydney, where he was allegedly beaten and threatened.   Cricket star Stuart MacGill was allegedly o...

Stuart MacGill: ‘He threatened to cut off my toes’ Stuart MacGill told police a mystery man with bolt cutters threatened to cut off his toes if the 50-year-old did not pay a $150,000 ransom to his captors. Crime by Brenden Hills Premium Content Subscriber only A mystery man armed with bolt cutters threatened to cut off the toes of cricket legend Stuart MacGill during an ordeal where he was kidnapped in the wake of a botched cocaine deal. Four...