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Former Australian Test cricketer Stuart MacGill has been found guilty of supplying drugs but not guilty of supplying a large commercial quantity of drugs. MacGill’s eight-day trial in the NSW District Court came to an end on Thursday with the jury delivering a mixed bag for the former leg-spinner. The 54-year-old had been accused of facilitating a cocaine deal between his partner’s brother, Marino Sotiropoulos, and a dealer .
The jury acquitted the 54-year-old of taking part in a large commercial drug supply in April, 2021. The jury heard the illicit exchange of $330,000 for a kilogram of cocaine was struck between MacGill’s regular drug dealer and the former cricketer’s brother-in-law Sotiropoulos. The cricketer teed up a meeting under his restaurant on Sydney’s north shore but denied knowing the deal was to take place. Prosecutors argued the deal could not have occurred without MacGill’s prior involvement.
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