Former Australian spinner Stuart MacGill was convicted of being involved in a cocaine deal on Thursday, but acquitted of being part of a large-scale drug supply.
A jury in the Sydney District Court found the 54-year-old leg-spinner not guilty of aiding a one-kilogram cocaine transaction valued at AUD 330,000 in April 2021.
However, he was found guilty of the offense of participating in drug distribution.
MacGill, who played 44 Tests for Australia, “displayed little emotion” as the decision was announced, according to reports in Australian media.
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His sentence hearing was postponed for eight weeks.
The court was informed that MacGill presented his usual drug dealer to his brother-in-law, Marino Sotiropoulos, during a gathering beneath his restaurant on Sydney’s northern shore.
Although he claimed to be unaware of the transaction, prosecutors contended that the deal could not have occured without his participation.
