A woman who alleges she was intimidated by Stuart MacGill has told a Sydney court the former cricketer was red-faced and had "scary, wild" eyes as he verbally abused her in the street.
Mr MacGill, 51, denies stalking and intimidating Samantha Ford, the licensee of The Argyle in The Rocks, in February last year when he was with Ms Ford's ex-partner, Stephen Kerlin.
Ms Ford today told the Downing Centre Local Court she had returned to The Argyle with her poodle and was carrying a parcel that day when she heard screaming.
"The first couple of screams were loud so I looked up immediately and I looked up and recognised the people ... they were Stuart and Stephen," Ms Ford said.
Ms Ford said the shouting included multiple swear words, claiming it was Mr MacGill who initially shouted as the two men walked over a zebra crossing.
"Stuart continued to shout 'you c*** ... f***ing going down,' at that point Steve joined in," she said.
"Stuart appeared, his voice was very loud, the volume was loud, he seemed very angry. It was intense."
Ms Ford told the court the two men appeared "highly intoxicated" and she was left shocked.
"Stuart appeared to be in charge, the leader," she said.
"His face was red, his eyes, pupils, eyes seemed ... they were just scary, wild."
Ms Ford, who had been separated from Mr Kerlin for about two months at the time, said the two walked to the nearby Captain Cook Hotel.
The court heard she followed them, intending to tell bar staff not to serve the men any more alcohol.
"I didn't want to have an escalation of events," she said.
Ms Ford claimed that inside the venue's entrance, Mr MacGill told her: "F*** off, f*** off you c***."
She said he also told her he was going to call the police and she was "going down".
"What was his demeanour like at the time?" Police prosecutor Sergeant Michael Cleaver asked.
"He was angry, threatening, his face was red, his pupils were dilated, he seemed extremely angry," Ms Ford replied.
"He was over the top of me."
Under cross-examination by defence lawyer Joseph Correy, Ms Ford insisted her eyesight was "fine" and she made her observations of Mr MacGill on the zebra crossing from about 15 metres away.
The court heard that in a police statement after the incident, Ms Ford said she followed the men into The Captain Cook to let them know "they needed to stop abusing me and threatening me".
She disagreed with Mr Correy's suggestion this was different to her oral evidence about preventing them from being served more alcohol.
At the beginning of the hearing last year, the court saw a recorded police interview in which Mr MacGill told officers he believed Ms Ford was "disturbed".
He denied calling Ms Ford a "c***" and told police she had them followed by a photographer eight months prior to the incident.
The hearing continues.
