Macgill kidnapped

[Satan]

Bikie link in alleged MacGill ‘betrayal’

Australian Test cricket great Stuart MacGill did not inform police for a week after he was allegedly kidnapped at gunpoint for ransom because he felt “threatened and scared”.

www.news.com.au

 

[Gough]

There has to be more to this.

 

[FRUMPY]

There has to be more to this.

Be interesting to see what the reason behind it were, it'll come out - im sure he will be in a rehab centre shortly when the news does come out (i presume owed money for drugs or something)

 

[Belnakor]

There has to be more to this.

he took over a week to report it to the cops so i suspect the guys charged will be characterizing it more as a dispute over $$$.

 

[Belnakor]

Be interesting to see what the reason behind it were, it'll come out - im sure he will be in a rehab centre shortly when the news does come out (i presume owed money for drugs or something)

from what i've read he doesn't have a cracker to his name

 

[Power Raid]

I wonder if related to past issues in the courts

 

[andrewmillman]

Supposedly he complained to the kidnappers that "the ransom would have been higher for Warnie".

 

[Belnakor]

I wonder if related to past issues in the courts

top 3 potential causes, drugs, drugs and potentially drugs

 

[FRUMPY]

top 3 potential causes, drugs, drugs and potentially drugs

or some sort of gambling debts? either way, been involved in some dodgy stuff with dodgy people and wont be long before he does a tell all for money.

 

[Belnakor]

or some sort of gambling debts? either way, been involved in some dodgy stuff with dodgy people and wont be long before he does a tell all for money.

always gave me the vibe he thought he was the smartest man in the room. he'll do a ACA type thing admitting his problems, how he is trying to change etc, then the pattern will repeat.

 

[Hamingja]

There has to be more to this.

Robert Allenby style???

 

[Plugger35]

Definite Robert Allenby vibes to this story, these sorts of things don't just happen out of the blue to innocent people, there's usually a reason for it.

 

[Gough]

Now this is getting weirder, MacGill's partner's brother has been arrested in connection with all this.

 

[Power Raid]

Now this is getting weirder, MacGill's partner's brother has been arrested in connection with all this.

I understand Stuart was done for domestic violence

My punt this is either "equaling the score" or forcing a financial settlement or both

 

[Belnakor]

Now this is getting weirder, MacGill's partner's brother has been arrested in connection with all this.

wow curve ball

 

[Power Raid]

top 3 potential causes, drugs, drugs and potentially drugs

he's had restraining orders

 

[Belnakor]

he's had restraining orders

i guess he figured he couldn't beat Warne on the field but he could be a bigger prick off the field.

 

[Plugger35]

He's always seemed like a bit of a tool, from memory that was one of the reasons he went on so few overseas tours.

 

[Freo Big Fella]

Immediately assumed six or seven of his former clubs had united to shake him down for outstanding dues.

 

[Freo Big Fella]

 

[t_94]

always gave me the vibe he thought he was the smartest man in the room. he'll do a ACA type thing admitting his problems, how he is trying to change etc, then the pattern will repeat.

In a cricket context he most likely was for a great deal of his career.

 

[mouncey2franklin]

Didn't this dude out-bowl Warne whenever they were in the same team?

Goes to show it's now what you know, it's who you know.

Or more accurately, how you fit in. And this bloke just didn't quite fit in.

Now he's being kidnapped and held at ransom and stuff. Not good at all.

Only 50 years old, plenty of time to turn things around.

 

[Santana]

He was not a better bowler than Warne. Just stop

 

[Plugger35]

McGill had a bigger leg spinner than Warne but Warne had more control and more tricks with the wrong 'un, flipper etc, by far the better bowler.

 

[Belnakor]

Didn't this dude out-bowl Warne whenever they were in the same team?

Goes to show it's now what you know, it's who you know.

Or more accurately, how you fit in. And this bloke just didn't quite fit in.

They only picked two spinners on bunsen burner pitches, so the comparison doesn't really make sense.