The Australian Test cricket great did not inform police for a week about the alleged April 14 incident because he felt “threatened and scared”.
“The 50-year-old man is purely a victim of kidnapping. His kidnapping is not involved in any backstory that leads to him having and personal debt to the people… It has been reported one of the men charged — 46-year-old Marino Sotiropoulos — is the brother of MacGill’s recent partner Maria O’Meagher. Sotiropoulos, a builder from Kyeemagh, is charged with kidnapping and assault causing actual bodily harm, participating in a criminal group and supplying 2kg of cocaine between April 1 and May 4.