Former Scottish rugby union captain Stuart Hogg has been sentenced to a community payback order after he admitted abusing his estranged wife over a five-year period.
The former Scotland international previously pleaded guilty to one count of domestic violence against his ex-partner, Gillian Hogg, when he appeared at Selkirk Sheriff Court on November 4.
He admitted to shouting and cursing, tracking her movements, and sending her messages of an annoying and disturbing nature.
Sheriff Peter Patterson sentenced Hogg to a community payback order with one year’s probation and a second five-year non-molestation order when he appeared before the same court for sentencing on Thursday.
The ruling is an “alternative to custody,” Lahoge said.
Hogg did not make any comments as he left the court accompanied by his parents.
Hogg has already been banned from approaching or contacting Ms Hogg for five years after he admitted breaching his bail conditions by contacting her repeatedly in June, when one night she received 28 text messages from him.
Sheriff Patterson handed him his first five-year non-molestation order when he was sentenced for breaching bail conditions at Jedburgh Sheriff Court on December 5, and also fined him £600, with a £40 victim surcharge.
Hogg was also due to be sentenced for domestic violence last month, but Sheriff Patterson postponed sentencing until Thursday to clarify whether a community order with remote monitoring could be imposed, as Hogg now lives abroad.
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