Cricket: Plot thickens in Stuart MacGill kidnapping after drugs charge, alleged bikie link
5 May, 2021 09:50 PM
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Police have emphatically declared Stuart MacGill was purely a victim of kidnapping and did not have any personal debt to the four men who allegedly abducted him at gunpoint.
The Australian Test cricket great did not inform police for a week about the alleged April 14 incident because he felt threatened and scared .
A NSW Police press conference about MacGill s ordeal has heard the legendary spin bowler was quite scared about going to police at all after allegedly being abducted and beaten for ransom.
Crime by Candace Sutton Police have emphatically declared Stuart MacGill was purely a victim of kidnapping and did not have any personal debt to the four men who allegedly abducted him at gunpoint. The Australian Test cricket great did not inform police for a week about the alleged April 14 incident because he felt threatened and scared . A NSW Police press conference about MacGill s ordeal has heard the legendary spin bowler was quite scared about going to police at all after allegedly being abducted and beaten for ransom. What police will allege happened in the kidnapping Police allege MacGill was forced into a vehicle at Cremorne, on Sydney s Lower North Shore on April 14 and taken to a property where he was assaulted and threatened with a firearm.
Former Australian cricket star Stuart MacGill reportedly kidnapped, assaulted in extortion plot in Sydney
5 May, 2021 07:20 AM
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Former Australian spinner Stuart MacGill was reportedly kidnapped and assaulted by an alleged criminal group in Sydney. Photo / Getty Images
Former Australian spinner Stuart MacGill was reportedly kidnapped and assaulted by an alleged criminal group in Sydney. Photo / Getty Images
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Australian test cricket great Stuart MacGill did not inform police for a week after he was allegedly kidnapped at gunpoint for ransom because he felt threatened and scared .
A NSW Police press conference about MacGill s ordeal has heard the legendary spin bowler was quite scared about going to police at all after allegedly being abducted and beaten.
Four men have been arrested after allegedly kidnapping former Australian Test cricketer Stuart MacGill at gunpoint in Sydney last month.
MacGill, 50, was taken to a west Sydney property and allegedly assaulted and threatened with a weapon but then released about an hour later.
Four men, aged 27, 29, 42 and 46, were arrested this morning and police say charges are expected to be laid.
MacGill played 44 Tests for Australia between 1998 and 2008.
Stuart MacGill
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He was widely regarded as the world s second-best leg-spinner at the time, but his career largely played out in Shane Warne s shadow and his opportunities at international level were limited.
Australia’s superstar cricketers face an uncertain future in India as the lucrative IPL is suspended and multiple players test positive to Covid-19 - with another 9000 Aussies trapped in the virus-ravaged nation.
Even more of Australia s top cricketers in India were forced into isolation on Tuesday after a third IPL player tested positive for the virus.
The IPL has now announced the immediate indefinite suspension of the big-money tournament featuring many of the world s best players, acknowledging that if the seven-week competition were to continue it may put lives at stake .
Organisers released a statement saying the IPL would work with player s home nations to get them home safely, but Australia has a total ban on flights from the nation - and has even threatened citizens with five years in prison if they return.