Ex-Scotland captain Stuart Hogg given one-year payback order for domestic abuse
Ex-Scotland captain Stuart Hogg given one-year payback order for domestic abuse
Former Scotland rugby captain Stuart Hogg leaves Selkirk Sheriff Court in Selkirk, Scotland, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (Andrew Milligan/PA via AP)
Scotland’s Stuart Hogg reacts at the end of the rugby union international match between Scotland and New Zealand in Edinburgh, Scotland, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell, File)
Former Scotland rugby captain Stuart Hogg leaves Selkirk Sheriff Court in Selkirk, Scotland, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (Andrew Milligan/PA via AP)
Former Scotland rugby captain Stuart Hogg leaves Selkirk Sheriff Court in Selkirk, Scotland, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (Andrew Milligan/PA via AP)
Former Scotland rugby captain Stuart Hogg leaves Selkirk Sheriff Court in Selkirk, Scotland, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (Andrew Milligan/PA via AP)
Scotland’s Stuart Hogg reacts at the end of the rugby union international match between Scotland and New Zealand in Edinburgh, Scotland, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell, File)
Scotland’s Stuart Hogg reacts at the end of the rugby union international match between Scotland and New Zealand in Edinburgh, Scotland, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell, File)
Former Scotland rugby captain Stuart Hogg leaves Selkirk Sheriff Court in Selkirk, Scotland, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (Andrew Milligan/PA via AP)
Former Scotland rugby captain Stuart Hogg leaves Selkirk Sheriff Court in Selkirk, Scotland, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (Andrew Milligan/PA via AP)
SELKIRK, Scotland (AP) — Former Scotland rugby captain Stuart Hogg has been sentenced to a community payback order after admitting to abusing his estranged wife over a five-year period.
Hogg pleaded guilty to a single charge of domestic abuse against his ex-partner Gillian Hogg when he appeared at Selkirk Sheriff Court on Nov. 4. He admitted shouting and swearing, tracking her movements and sending her messages which were of an alarming and distressing nature.
Sheriff Peter Paterson sentenced Hogg to a community order with one year’s supervision when he appeared at Selkirk Sheriff Court for sentencing on Thursday, the British Press Association reported.
Paterson said the sentence was an “alternative to custody.”
He also imposed a further non-harassment order preventing Hogg from approaching or contacting Gillian Hogg for five years, mirroring an order imposed last month.
Stuart Hogg, wearing a dark jacket and tie, did not speak as he left the court.
Stuart Hogg was already banned from approaching or contacting Gillian Hogg for five years in December after he admitted breaching bail conditions by repeatedly contacting her in June, when she received 28 texts from him in one night.
Hogg, who retired from professional rugby in 2023 but returned after signing for French club Montpellier, lives abroad and is in the process of divorcing his wife.
Hogg came through Scotland’s age groups and made his senior debut in the 2012 Six Nations. He was player of the tournament in 2016 and 2017. He was named captain in 2020.
He was awarded an MBE for services to rugby in last year’s British New Year’s honors list.
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