Ex- Test Cricket star Stuart MacGill cleared of stalking and intimidating Samantha Ford in Sydney

Ex-Test cricket star Stuart MacGill is cleared of stalking and intimidating a woman just months after his shock kidnapping ordeal

  • Stuart MacGill has been cleared of intimidation charges  
  • The former Test player was emotional on hearing the verdict 
  • He was accused of stalking his friend’s ex-fiancée Samantha Ford

Former Test cricketer Stuart MacGill has claimed a win in court after intimidation charges against him were dismissed.

MacGill, 52, was accused of stalking and verbally intimidating his friend Steven Kerlin’s former fiancée Samantha Ford on a Sydney street and at a nearby pub on February 1, 2022.

Magistrate Christine Haskett told Downing Centre Local Court on Friday she did not accept Ms Ford’s evidence that MacGill shouted and pointed at her in a threatening manner.

MacGill was emotional as the verdict was read out, appearing via video link in a black shirt.

Ms Ford appeared in the courtroom wearing all black as the judgment was read out.

Stuart MacGill (pictured, with his partner Maria O’Meagher) , 52, was accused of stalking and verbally intimidating his friend Steven Kerlin’s former fiancée Samantha Ford on a Sydney street and at a nearby pub on February 1, 2022

Ms Ford (pictured) appeared in the courtroom wearing all black as the judgment was read out

Ms Ford (pictured) appeared in the courtroom wearing all black as the judgment was read out

The former leg-spinner, who took 208 wickets in 44 Tests for Australia, told the court in January he had been worried Kerlin was suicidal following the breakdown of his relationship with Ms Ford some months earlier.

After being unable to contact him, MacGill went to Kerlin’s Barangaroo apartment where he drank ‘six or seven’ bourbon and cokes.

As the pair were walking to the Captain Cook Hotel, Kerlin spotted Ms Ford and began yelling towards her.

After a brief verbal altercation, Ms Ford told the court she went to the pub to tell staff not to serve the pair more alcohol.

The judge said Ms Ford’s claims did not accord with witness evidence or CCTV footage.

The former leg-spinner (pictured) told the court in January he had been worried Kerlin was suicidal following the breakdown of his relationship with Ms Ford some months earlier

The former leg-spinner (pictured) told the court in January he had been worried Kerlin was suicidal following the breakdown of his relationship with Ms Ford some months earlier

The incident with Ms Ford came only 10 months after MacGill was allegedly kidnapped on a street on Sydney’s north and driven to Bringelly in the city’s south-west before he was allegedly assaulted.

He was later driven again to Belmore and released. 

Two men were later charged over the incident, including MacGill’s brother-in-law Marino Sotiropoulos. 

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