- Former Test bowler’s trial has heard three days of evidence
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The jury has been discharged in the trial against cricketing great Stuart MacGill, who was fighting allegations he facilitated a $330,000 drug deal
Mr MacGill was standing trial in Sydney’s Downing Centre District Court having pleaded not guilty to one count of taking part in the supply of a large commercial quantity of a prohibited drug.
The Crown prosecution has alleged he played a role and facilitated the deal, involving a drug dealer known as Person A and his partner’s brother.
Mr MacGill’s defence told the court that the former cricketer had no knowledge of the drug deal and received no benefits.
The jury had heard three days of evidence.
On Friday, Judge Nicole Noman told the jury it had been discharged.
Stuart MacGill is pictured outside a Sydney court on Friday, just before the judge in his trial made a huge decision about the proceedings
She gave the jury her rationale for making the decision, but that cannot be reported due to legal reasons.
‘I have made a determination that you must be discharged, so that will conclude your involvement,’ Noman told the jury.
‘I can tell you were invested in this matter, so I apologise.’
Mr MacGill will now appear before the court again at a later date, with the matter due to return to court on Monday, with a new jury to be chosen.
