Former Australian cricket participant Stuart MacGill has denied stalking and intimidating a Sydney bar proprietor, the sportsman as a substitute arguing he's the sufferer.
MacGill confronted courtroom on Thursday after being charged with stalking, intimidating and utilizing offensive language in the direction of Samantha Ford, his greatest mate's former fiance and the proprietor of Argyle Bar in Millers Level.
The alleged incident occurred in February when MacGill was together with his buddy Stephen Kerlin they usually crossed paths with Ford outdoors the Lord Nelson Resort.
It is alleged they subjected Ford to a "verbal assault" earlier than she adopted them into the close by Captain Prepare dinner Resort.
Each encounters had been captured on CCTV, which was performed earlier than Justice of the Peace Christine Haskett.
A witness, Tony Ryder, instructed the courtroom the 2 males had been extraordinarily intoxicated.He claimed Kerlin was screaming "you are a horrible particular person, you are a horrible particular person" on the girl earlier than MacGill joined in.
"He assisted in berating the lady ... he was leaning over ... he was aggressive in the direction of her," Ryder instructed the courtroom.
In a police interview, MacGill argued he was the sufferer and advised the criticism was the escalation of a difficulty he'd raised about Ford just a few weeks earlier.
"I'm very intimidated by this girl as a result of clearly she has some energy that I haven't got," MacGill says within the interview.
"She has adopted us. She has stalked us for over 12 months and I do assume that she is insane."
Kerlin pleaded responsible to 2 offences and will probably be sentenced in August.
MacGill is defending costs in opposition to him and his matter has been adjourned till January, when a Justice of the Peace will hear from extra witnesses to the pub conflict.
Final 12 months MacGill was allegedly kidnapped, crushed and dumped on the aspect of the highway, which is unrelated to Thursday's courtroom proceedings.