Former Australian Take a look at cricketer Stuart MacGill has been discovered responsible of participating within the provide of cocaine in Sydney.
He had pleaded not responsible to a single cost of taking part within the provide of a prohibited drug.
Jurors heard the 54-year-old former spin bowler – who performed 44 Exams for Australia and took 208 wickets – was a daily consumer of cocaine and acquired the drug from a seller for a number of years.
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MacGill will probably be sentenced in Could. Pic: AP
MacGill admitted utilizing cocaine and introducing his associate’s brother Marino Sotiropoulos to his drug seller, recognized in courtroom solely as ‘particular person A’.
He maintained his involvement was restricted to the introduction at his Sydney restaurant in April 2021.
Jurors at New South Wales District Court docket heard the illicit alternate of 330,000 Australian {dollars} (£160,000) for a kilogram of cocaine was struck.
The jury cleared MacGill of involvement within the industrial provide of the drug.
However he was convicted on the choice cost of knowingly participating within the provide of a prohibited drug.
He will probably be sentenced in Could.
The previous leg-spin bowler made headlines in 2021 when he was allegedly kidnapped, assaulted and threatened with a gun earlier than being launched. New South Wales state police arrested and charged 4 males in relation to the incident.
MacGill’s worldwide profession from 1988 to 2008 was largely overshadowed by fellow Australian leg-spinner Shane Warne, who’s second on the checklist of all-time main wicket-takers in Take a look at cricket.
