- Stuart MacGill allegedly equipped cocaine in Sydney
- Pleaded not responsible in Sydney Downing Centre on Friday
- Leg-spinner will face a trial in November this yr
Aussie cricket nice Stuart MacGill will stand trial later this yr as he battles allegations he was involved in a large-scale cocaine deal.
MacGill confronted Sydney‘s Downing Centre District Court docket on Friday the place he formally entered a not responsible plea to at least one rely of participating within the provide of a giant industrial amount of a prohibited drug over his alleged position in a $330,000 cocaine deal.
He’ll now face trial in November this yr, with the listening to anticipated to final 5 to seven days.
The cult leg spinner has remained on bail since his arrest in September final yr.
Based on court docket paperwork, MacGill is alleged to have taken part in the supply of a kilogram of cocaine at Neutral Bay, on Sydney’s lower north shore, between April 1 and April 14 in 2021.
MacGill took 208 wickets throughout his 44-Take a look at appearances for Australia throughout his profession
The investigation into MacGill began after he was allegedly kidnapped from outside his Cremorne apartment in April 2021.
He was allegedly taken to a property at Bringelly in south-western Sydney the place he was assaulted, threatened with a gun and calls for have been made for cash.
Six males have been charged over the alleged kidnapping and have pleaded not responsible and stay earlier than the courts.
They have been on account of stand trial, nevertheless that was delayed after MacGill was charged.
Final month, MacGill’s solicitor Thos Hodgson mentioned exterior court docket his consumer had ‘suffered vastly’ and he would defend the allegations.
MacGill has repeatedly said he was not concerned in any wrongdoing.
‘I do know I’ve executed nothing mistaken,’ he informed A Present Affair in 2021.
MacGill took 208 wickets throughout his 44-Take a look at appearances for Australia throughout his profession.
