Ex-Scotland captain Stuart Hogg sentenced to non-harassment order

Former Scotland rugby union captain Stuart Hogg has been sentenced to a five-year non-harassment order and fined after breaching bail.

Hogg had his sentence for abusing his estranged wife over the course of five years deferred until January 9th.

He earlier admitted breaching bail conditions by repeatedly contacting his ex-partner, Gillian Hogg, in June.

Hogg previously pleaded guilty to a single charge of domestic abuse of Mrs Hogg when he appeared at Selkirk Sheriff Court on November 4th.

He admitted shouting and swearing, tracking her movements and sending her messages which were alarming and distressing in nature.

The court previously heard he berated Mrs Hogg for “not being fun” after going on drinking binges with his colleagues, and once sent her more than 200 text messages in the space of a few hours.

For the bail breach, he was placed on a five-year non-harassment order and fined £600, with an additional £40 victim surcharge, when he appeared at Jedburgh Sheriff Court for sentencing on Thursday.

The 32-year-old had been due to stand trial at Selkirk Sheriff Court on November 4th but pleaded guilty that day to a charge of domestic abuse, between 2019 and 2024 at locations including Hawick in the Scottish Borders.

Hogg now lives abroad and plays for French club Montpellier, and the court was told he is in the process of a divorce.

Prosecutor Drew Long told the court on November 4th that the couple moved to Exeter in 2019 with their three young children, all aged under three, but Hogg’s “behaviour deteriorated” as he went out partying.

Hogg would “shout and swear and accuse Mrs Hogg of not being fun” for not joining in drinking, and her family “noticed a change in her”, the court heard.

In 2022, Mrs Hogg went on a