Disgraced rugby player Stuart Hogg avoids jail after abusing estranged wife in five-year reign of terror
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DISGRACED rugby star Stuart Hogg has avoided jail after abusing his estranged wife in a five-year reign of terror. The former Scotland captain berated Gillian Hogg with foul-mouthed outbursts and tracked her movements. Hogg, 32, also bombarded her with shocking messages - sending 200 texts in just a few hours - causing the mum-of-three to suffer a panic attack.
![[Stuart Hogg has been sentenced for a domestic abuse campaign against estranged wife Gillian]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/wife-gill-hogg-scotland-wags-522781721.jpg?strip=all&w=768)
He has now avoided jail after pleading guilty to a single charge of domestic abuse between 2019 and 2024. The player was instead sentenced to a community payback order with one year of supervision and a five-year non-harassment order. Hogg was last month banned from contacting his estranged wife after continuing to hound her while he was bail.
![[The former Scotland captain bombarded the mum with text messages]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/scotlands-full-back-stuart-hogg-899627295.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
The full-back, who plays for French club Montpellier, was also fined £600, with an additional £40 victim surcharge. Selkirk Sheriff Court was told the couple moved to Exeter in 2019 with their three young children. Hogg’s “behaviour deteriorated” as he began partying and he would "shout and swear and accuse Mrs Hogg of not being fun” for not joining in.
![[Hogg, pictured at a previous court hearing, pleaded guilty to domestic abuse]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/05-12-stuart-hogg-sentencing-954745728.jpg?strip=all&w=600)
Gillian's family began to notice a "change in her" during this period, the court heard. In 2022, the mum was on a night out when Hogg bombarded her with text messages that "caught the attention of the people she was with". The following year, the couple moved to Hawick in the Borders but Hogg ramped up his domestic abuse campaign.
![[He tracked Gillian's movements]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/wife-gill-hogg-scotland-wags-522781724.jpg?strip=all&w=771)
