Former Scotland rugby union captain Stuart Hogg sentenced after admitting domestic abuse
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The former Scotland rugby union captain Stuart Hogg will be supervised for a year as an alternative to jail after he admitted abusing his estranged wife over the course of five years. He pleaded guilty to a single charge of domestic abuse of his ex-partner, Gillian Hogg, when he appeared at Selkirk Sheriff Court on 4 November. He admitted shouting and swearing, tracking her movements and sending her messages which were alarming and distressing in nature.
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Sheriff Peter Paterson sentenced Hogg to a community payback order with one year of supervision when he appeared at Selkirk Sheriff Court for sentencing on Thursday. He also imposed another non-harassment order barring Hogg from approaching or contacting Mrs Hogg for five years, mirroring one imposed last month. He told Hogg the sentence is an “alternative to custody”.
Hogg, wearing a dark jacket and tie, made no comment as he left court accompanied by his parents. Police escorted him to a vehicle which pulled up to collect him as he walked past waiting media. There will be a review of the order at Jedburgh Sheriff Court on 25 March.
The sheriff said: “I’ve no reason to doubt that Mr Hogg will comply with the order. It is an unusual order, it is a hybrid.”. Hogg had already been banned from approaching or contacting Mrs Hogg for five years in December after he admitted breaching bail conditions by repeatedly contacting her in June, when one night she received 28 texts from him. Sheriff Paterson handed him the first five-year non-harassment order when he sentenced him for the bail conditions breach at Jedburgh Sheriff Court on 5 December, and also fined him £600, with an additional £40 victim surcharge.
