Ex-Scotland rugby star Stuart Hogg avoids jail after admitting domestic abuse against wife

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Former Scotland rugby union captain Stuart Hoggchas been sentenced to a community payback order after he admitted abusing his estranged wife over the course of five years.

The ex-Scotland international previously pleaded guilty to a single charge of domestic abuse of his ex-partner, Gillian Hogg when he appeared at Selkirk Sheriff Court on November 4.

He admitted shouting and swearing, tracking her movements and sending her messages which were alarming and distressing in nature.

Hogg was sentenced to a community payback order with one year of supervision and a second five-year non-harassment order when he appeared at Selkirk Sheriff Court for sentencing on Thursday.

The 32-year-old has already been sentenced to one five-year non-harassment order banning him from approaching or contacting Mrs Hogg for five years after he admitted breaching bail conditions by repeatedly contacting her in June, when one night she received 28 texts from him.

Sheriff Peter Paterson handed him the first non-harassment order when he sentenced him on that charge at Jedburgh Sheriff Court on December 5, and also fined him £600, with an additional £40 victim surcharge.

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