The brother of Stuart MacGill’s partner, who has been accused of kidnapping the cricketing great, has returned to the NSW Supreme Court to ask for a change to his bail conditions.
Marino Sotiropoulos made a brief appearance in court on Thursday to request that he be allowed out of his home for more than one hour each day in the company of his parents.
While the Crown prosecutor opposed the application, citing a “heightened risk” to Mr MacGill, Justice Stephen Rothman granted the application.
Mr Sotiropoulos’s new bail conditions mean he can now leave his home for four hours each day to undertake shopping or exercise with his parents.
He has pleaded not guilty to a string of charges including take/detain in company with intention to get an advantage, supplying a prohibited drug and stalk/intimidate intending to cause fear/physical harm.
Police allege Mr Sotiropoulos, the brother of Mr MacGill’s partner Maria O’Meagher, was one of six men involved in the kidnapping.
Mr MacGill claims that in April 2021 he was taken to a property in Sydney’s southwest where he was assaulted, threatened with a gun and demands for money were made.
After being held for an hour, Mr MacGill was driven from Bringellyto Belmore where he was released.
Police have said Mr MacGill was not involved in any illegal activity and he was “purely” a victim.
Mr Sotiropoulos is due to be arraigned in the NSW District Court on Friday when a trial date is expected to be set.
The five other mens cases remain before the courts.
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