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ARTICLE · 19 MAY 2021

What is an unlawful detention?

A detention is unlawful when it contravenes the civil or criminal laws of the jurisdiction in which it took place.

AustraliaCriminal Law

As information continues to emerge about the recent alleged kidnapping of former Australian test cricketer Stuart MacGill, many people are still coming to terms with the chilling details.

Mr MacGill alleges he was kidnapped on 14 April 2021, driven to a farm shed in Bringelly in Western Sydney stripped naked, beaten several times, and threatened at gunpoint for an hour before being dumped in Belmore.

Alleged kidnapping of Stuart MacGill

Mr MacGill alleges he was kidnapped near his home in Sydney's north shore a week after he introduced Marino Sotiropoulos – the brother of his partner, Marie O'Meagher – to a drug supplier named ‘Sonny', who was a regular customer at the restaurant currently managed by Mr MacGill and Ms O'Meagher.

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