Stuart MacGill former Test cricketer allegedly screamed ‘you’re going down’ at his best mate’s ex

Former Australian cricket star Stuart MacGill allegedly yelled obscenities at his best friend’s ex-partner before he confronted and intimidated her in a pub, a court was told.

The 51-year-old appeared at Sydney Downing Center Local Court on Monday to continue fighting charges of bullying and using offensive language in a public place.

Police allege that the legendary bowler and his friend Stephen Kerlin, 54, verbally abused Samantha Lorraine Ford on Kent St in Sydney.

Stuart MacGIll and Maria O’Meagher (pictured together) at a function in Sydney in July last year

The two men are accused of approaching the woman, Kerlin’s ex-partner, on a street corner near Lord Nelson’s pub around 6pm on February 1.

More than a year after the alleged intimidation, Ms Ford appeared in court and claimed that the two men yelled curse words at her as they approached her.

The court was told he was returning to his home in Argyle St with a package in one hand and a poodle in the other when he heard “loud screaming” from a nearby street.

“The first screams were loud, so I immediately looked up and recognized the two people,” Ms Ford said.

She identified her former partner, Mr. Kerlin, and her best friend, Mr. MacGill, whom she had met before, as her verbal attackers.

The pub owner said the couple looked directly at her as Mr MacGill yelled that she was a ‘sissy’ and an ‘asshole’ and told her she was ‘falling off’.

The 51-year-old man is charged with intimidation and use of offensive language in a public place.

He allegedly yelled at and threatened a woman outside a Sydney pub.

The men allegedly approached Ms Ford until they were only 15 meters away and continued their verbal tirade.

“I was surprised, I took a couple of steps back,” he said.

“(I felt) very, very threatened and very scared.”

Ms Ford told the court that Mr MacGill had been the instigator of the verbal attack, but Mr Kerlin had joined in. She deemed the couple “very intoxicated” but said “Stuart was in charge”.

‘Stuart appeared…his voice was very loud, the volume was high. He seemed very angry. It was intense,’ he said.

‘Her face was red, her pupils were… terrifying, they were wild.’

After allegedly unloading the stream of insults on the pub owner, the court was told the men walked away towards the Captain Cook Hotel.

Ms Ford told the court that she followed them into the licensed premises to ask the pub staff not to serve alcohol to Mr MacGill or Mr Kerlin in the interest of their safety.

In a statement to police just a day after the incident, she explained that she followed the couple because she wanted to tell MacGill and Kerlin not to threaten or abuse her any further.

MacGill was considered one of the best spin bowlers in the game in his heyday (Pictured Australia vs Sri Lanka, day four of the first Test match at the Gabba in Brisbane, 11 November 2007)

The Perth native turned to commentary and radio after retiring from cricket in 2008.

“I did not want the events of the night to intensify more, that they go to drink more, considering that my residence is 10 meters from the hotel,” he said.

However, he claimed that his entrance to the pub was blocked by the former Test cricketer.

The court was told that he was within arm’s reach when he leaned over her and allegedly intimidated her.

“Stuart came over and said something along the lines of ‘fuck you’ and ‘fuck you’ and said he was going to call the police,” Ms Ford explained.

“He said ‘you, you’re going under, you’re not welcome here.'”

Ms Ford said the former bowler was “threatening” and seemed “extremely angry”.

“I felt scared, very scared, intimidated, threatened,” she said.

The court was told that she subsequently backed up the hotel stairs, still clutching her package and her poodle.

Kerlin pleaded guilty to intimidation and violating a warrant for violence seized last year.

The hearing on Mr MacGill’s charges continues before Christine Haskett Magistrate.