Former Scotland rugby union captain Stuart Hogg was spared a prison term on Thursday after admitting abusing his estranged wife over a five-year period and was sentenced to one year’s supervision. The 32-year-old appeared in a Scottish court on November 4 and pleaded guilty to a single charge of domestic violence against his ex-partner Gillian Hogg. He admitted shouting and swearing, tracking Gillian Hogg’s movements and sending her messages such as: It was alarming and distressing in nature.
Sheriff Peter Patterson appeared for sentencing on Thursday and handed Hogg a community reversion order with a period of supervision for one year.
A separate harassment prevention order was also imposed on Hogg, who plays for French club Montpellier, banning her from approaching or contacting Gillian Hogg for five years, mirroring an order imposed last month. .
Patterson told Hogg the sentence was an “alternative to imprisonment.”
Mr Hogg left the courtroom accompanied by his parents, who did not comment.
He had already been banned from approaching or contacting Gillian Hogg for five years in December after he admitted in June that he had breached his bail conditions by repeatedly contacting her. I received 28 emails from.
The court was previously told Hogg was in divorce proceedings.
The paper said he accused Gillian Hogg of being “not having fun” after he went on a drinking spree with colleagues, sent her more than 200 text messages within a few hours and even caused her to have a panic attack. It is said that there was.
“No one should have to live in fear of their partner or ex-partner,” the case’s fiscal prosecutor, Lynn Barry, said Thursday.
“The trauma suffered by the victims and the children who witnessed these crimes is significant and I urge anyone who has suffered similar crimes to come forward and report them.”
Detective Sergeant Jade Wardell, of Police Scotland, said: “Domestic violence in any form is completely unacceptable.
“If victims had not come forward and reported these incidents to us, we would not have been able to ensure Hogg faced the consequences.”
One of Scotland’s all-time leading try scorers, Hogg won his final cap in March 2023 and also represented the British and Irish Lions.
He retired from professional rugby in July 2023, but returned ahead of the current European season, signing with Montpellier on a two-year deal.
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