Stuart Hogg, the former captain of Scotland’s rugby union team, has been sentenced to a year-long community payback order after confessing to a domestic abuse charge against his estranged wife, Gillian. Hogg had previously been subject to a five-year non-harassment order as well as a £600 fine after contravening bail conditions. Appearing in Selkirk Sheriff Court, Hogg was given a payback order and another non-harassment order. This type of order means that he is supervised while doing work in the community. It was noted that the sentence had been given as an alternative to aterm of custody.
Sheriff Peter Paterson handed down the sentence, and Hogg will be required to attend Jedburgh Sheriff Court in March of this year to ensure he adheres to the conditions of his order. Traveling after the hearing with his parents beside him, Hogg elected to make no comment.
Commenting on the outcome, Lothian and Borders procurator fiscal, Lynne Barrie, emphasized that Hogg was currently being held accountable for subjecting his former wife to several years of domestic abuse. She added that the Crown Office acknowledged the damaging impact of domestic violence in all forms, and types of perpetrator, and committed to robust prosecutions of such criminal offences. She concluded that nobody should ever be forced to live in fear of their partner.
Last year Hogg admitted to one charge consisting of repeated abusive behaviour, which he continued towards his estranged then-wife. Over a period lasting up to five years, running up until August of last year, Hogg perpetrated a course of conduct that created fear or alarm for Gillian. The court had heard that Hogg was loudly and often swearing at his wife on a regular basis when they shared a home. The charge also stated that he monitored her motions with an app named Find My Phone after they had split up in 2023 and frequently sent her hundreds of messages in a few hours
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