Former cricketer Stuart MacGill is set to fight allegations that he verbally abused a Sydney bar owner.
The Test spinning great was last week charged by police with a string of offences following an alleged incident on February 1 outside a Millers Point home in central Sydney.
Police have alleged that MacGill and his co-accused Stephen Kerlin, 54, verbally abused Samantha Lorraine Ford.
It’s alleged that a short time later their tirade continued outside a bar on the same street and Mr Kerlin then assaulted the woman.
His matter was mentioned for the first time in Sydney’s Downing Centre Local Court on Tuesday.
Mr MacGill did not appear however his lawyer Michael Djurichkovic told Magistrate Susan Horan he would enter pleas of not guilty.
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 last Friday.
Police have also taken out an apprehended violence order against Mr MacGill.
“Two men have been charged after allexjmtzywgedly intimidating a woman in Sydney earlier this month,” NSW Police said in a statement.
“Police will allege about 6pm on Tuesday 1 February 2022, two men – aged 51 and 54 – approached a 56-year-old woman outside a home on Kent Street, Millers Point, and verbally abused the woman before leaving the scene.
“A short time later, the two men approached the same woman outside a licenced premises on the same street and continued to verbally abuse her, before the older man assaulted the woman.
“The men left the scene and officers attached to Sydney City Police Area Command were notified and commenced inquiries.”
Mr MacGill will appear in court again next month.
Mr Kerlin has been charged with common assault, intimidation and contravening an apprehended violence order and is set to face court again in September.
