Ex-Scotland rugby captain Stuart Hogg to be sentenced for domestic abuse
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Former Scotland rugby union captain Stuart Hogg is due to be sentenced after he admitted abusing his estranged wife over the course of five years. He 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 has already been banned 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 a five-year non-harassment order when he sentenced him for the bail conditions breach at Jedburgh Sheriff Court on December 5, and also fined him £600, with an additional £40 victim surcharge. Hogg was also due to be sentenced on the domestic abuse charge last month but Sheriff Paterson deferred sentence until January 9 for clarification on whether a community order with remotely monitored supervision can be imposed, as Hogg now lives abroad.
In relation to the domestic abuse charge, the court previously heard the 32-year-old berated Mrs Hogg for “not being fun” after going on drinking binges with his colleagues, and once sent more than 200 text messages to her in the space of a few hours.
Hogg will appear at Selkirk Sheriff Court for sentencing on Thursday. He had been due to stand trial at the same court in November but pleaded guilty that day to a charge of domestic abuse between 2019 and 2024 at locations including Hawick in the Scottish Borders.
