Former Australian cricket star Stuart MacGill was drunk when he allegedly screamed obscenities at his greatest buddy’s ex fiancee earlier than he intimidated her at a pub, a courtroom has been informed.
The 51-year-old appeared in Sydney Downing Centre Local Court on Monday to proceed to struggle the fees of intimidation and utilizing offensive language in a public place.
Police allege the legendary spin bowler and his buddy Stephen Kerlin, 54, verbally abused Samantha Lorraine Ford on Kent St in Sydney.
The two males are accused of approaching the girl, who’s Mr Kerlin’s former companion, on a nook close to the Lord Nelson pub round 6pm on February 1.
More than a yr after the alleged intimidation, Ms Ford appeared in courtroom and claimed the 2 males screamed swear phrases at her as they approached her.
The courtroom was informed she had been returning to her residence on Argyle St with a parcel in a single hand and a poodle within the different when she heard “loud shouting” from a close-by road.
“The first screams were loud so I looked up immediately and I recognised the two people,” Ms Ford stated.
She recognized her former companion Mr Kerlin and his greatest buddy Mr MacGill, whom she’d met earlier than, as her verbal assailants.
The pub proprietor stated the pair had been staring straight at her as Mr MacGill shouted that she was a “c***y c**t” and an “a**ehole” and informed her she was “going down”.
The males allegedly approached Ms Ford till they had been solely 15m away and continued their verbal tirade.
“I was shocked, I stepped back a couple of paces,” she stated.
“(I felt) very very threatened and very scared.”
Ms Ford informed the courtroom that Mr MacGill had been the instigator of the verbal assault however Mr Kerlin had joined in. She judged the pair to be “highly intoxicated” however stated “Stuart was in charge”.
“Stuart appeared … his voice was very loud, the volume was loud. He seemed very angry. It was intense,” she stated.
“His face was red, his pupils were … scary, they were wild.”
After allegedly unloading the stream of insults on the pub proprietor, the courtroom was informed the boys walked away in the direction of the Captain Cook Hotel.
Ms Ford informed the courtroom that she adopted them to the licensed premises to ask the pub employees to not serve alcohol to Mr MacGill or Mr Kerlin within the curiosity of her security.
In a press release to police only a day after the incident, she defined she adopted the pair as a result of she needed to inform Mr MacGill and Mr Kerlin to not threaten or abuse her anymore.
“I didn’t want the events of the evening to escalate more, for them to go and drink more, considering my residence is 10m from the hotel,” she stated.
However, she claimed her entrance to the pub was blocked by the previous Test cricketer standing within the doorway.
“B****, you’re not welcome here,” he allegedly stated to Ms Ford.
The courtroom was informed he was inside arm’s attain when he leaned over her and allegedly intimidated her.
“Stuart came up and said something like ‘f**k off’ and ‘f**k off you c**t’ and he said he was going to call the police,” Ms Ford defined.
“He said ‘you c**t, you’re going down, you’re not welcome here’.”
Ms Ford stated the previous spin bowler was “threatening” and appeared “extremely angry”.
“I felt scared, very scared, intimidated, threatened,” she stated.
The courtroom was informed she subsequently backed down the steps of the resort, nonetheless clutching her parcel and poodle.
The pub proprietor rejected ideas from defence lawyer Joseph Correy that she had “embellished” Mr MacGill’s position within the altercation.
She equally denied that Mr Kerlin was the principle agitator of the dispute within the pub, which Mr Correy claimed was evident within the CCTV footage.
The bartender on the Captain Cook Hotel, Ashley Bokser, informed the courtroom that Mr Kerlin had approached Ms Ford after she “announced her presence” on getting into the pub.
“He had walked up to her and he was arguing and frustrated,” she recounted.
Ms Bokser stated Mr MacGill “walked up sort of behind” his buddy and was “repeating some of the things (Mr Kerlin) was saying”.
She informed the courtroom the previous take a look at cricketer was “slightly aggressive” in the direction of Ms Ford.
The bartender characterised Mr MacGill as “intoxicated”, “slurring his words”, and “a bit teary-eyed” on the time.
She intervened in between Mr Kerlin and Ms Ford to defuse the loud argument, and requested them each to go away the premises.
When giving proof, Ms Ford stated she didn’t keep in mind being requested to go away.
Mr Kerlin pleaded responsible to intimidation and contravening an apprehended violence order final yr.
The listening to will proceed earlier than Justice of the Peace Christine Haskett on Tuesday.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
