The two bail conditions cricket legend Stuart MacGill asked a judge to change as he faces charges over verbally abusing Sydney bar owner
- Ex-Aussie cricketer Stuart MacGill is facing a charge of intimidation in public
- His lawyer Joseph Correy requested two aspects of bail conditions be altered
- MacGill, 51, can now see his best friend Stephen Kerlin and also drink alcohol
- Correy successfully argued the former Test cricketer ‘needed the support’
- MacGill was kidnapped last April from outside his Cremorne home
- NSW Police said MacGill was not involved in any illegal activity and was a victim
Stuart MacGill has successfully convinced a Sydney judge to alter two of his imposed bail conditions as he faces charges of allegedly verbally abusing a Sydney bar owner.
MacGill, 51, is now free to see his best friend Stephen Kerlin, 54, and also drink alcohol after he was charged following an incident outside a Millers Point home in central Sydney last month.
Police allege MacGill and his co-accused Kerlin verbally abused Samantha Lorraine Ford.
The tirade allegedly then continued outside a bar, with Ms Ford the former partner of Kerlin.
Former Australian cricketer Stuart MacGill was charged last month with intimidation and using offensive language in a public place following an alleged incident in central Sydney
MacGill was charged with intimidation and using offensive language in a public place when he handed himself into Day Street Police Station in central Sydney on February 19.
On Friday, the retired leg-spinner, who snared 208 test wickets, appeared at Sydney’s Downing Centre, where his lawyer Joseph Correy applied to alter his bail conditions.
Mr Correy told the court MacGill ‘needed the support’ of Kerlin as he endures a trial related to his alleged kidnapping last April outside his home at Cremorne on Sydney’s lower north shore.
‘I’ve been told to advocate for this strongly as he is a person with a limited support network,’ Mr Correy said.
In Sydney’s Downing Centre on Friday, MacGill’s lawyer successfully applied for the former cricketer’s bail conditions to be adjusted
‘If you’ve been kidnapped as police allege he was, there is serious trauma, his best mate provided him with emotional support… that is who is getting him through this.’
CCTV footage was played in court, showing the altercation MacGill was allegedly involved in – while on his phone in the bar – as Ford walked in with her dog.
Kerlin then allegedly approached the woman and assaulted her.
Lawyer Joseph Correy successfully argued MacGill ‘needed the support’ of best mate Stephen Kerlin as he endures a trial related to his alleged kidnapping last April at Cremorne – both men were charged by police following the alleged unrelated incident in February
Despite NSW police opposing the amending of the bail conditions, Magistrate Daniel Covington approved the changes.
MacGill is not permitted to enter The Rocks or Millers Point and is set to again appear in court on March 30.
Kerlin has been charged with common assault, intimidation and contravening an apprehended violence order and will face court in September.
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