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Ex-Cricketer Stuart MacGill Sentenced to Community Service for Role in $330K Cocaine Deal

The former Test bowler received a one year and ten month intensive correction order, avoiding jail time despite facilitating the drug exchange in April 2021.

Australia's Stuart MacGill prepares to bowl a delivery during a practice session at Kingsmead in Durban, South Africa March 23, 2006. REUTERS/Howard Burditt/File Photo
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Stuart MacGill wearing a suit outside court

Overview

  • Stuart MacGill was sentenced to serve a one year and ten month intensive correction order in the community, avoiding incarceration.
  • The 54-year-old was found guilty in March 2025 of supplying an indictable quantity of cocaine after introducing his regular dealer to his partner’s brother.
  • MacGill maintains he only facilitated the introduction and was unaware of the scale of the $330,000 drug exchange involving one kilogram of cocaine.
  • The court acknowledged his limited involvement and lack of financial benefit, but ruled his actions were critical to the deal’s execution.
  • Days after the drug deal, MacGill was violently kidnapped and assaulted, highlighting the personal risks associated with the drug trade.