Former Scotland rugby captain Stuart Hogg has been fined £600 and handed a five year non-harassment order after breaching bail conditions.
Hogg, 32, pleaded guilty to a single charge of domestic abuse of his ex-partner, Gillian Hogg, last month at Selkirk Sheriff Court.
Further sentencing of the the ex-Scotland international for abusing his ex wife over the course of five years has been deferred until January.
Hogg earlier admitted breaching bail conditions by repeatedly contacting Gillian Hogg in June.
He pleaded guilty to a single charge of domestic abuse of Mrs Hogg when he appeared at Selkirk Sheriff Court on November 4.
He admitted shouting and swearing, tracking Mrs Hogg’s movements and sending her messages which were alarming and distressing in nature.
The court previously heard that he berated his former partner for ‘not being fun’ after going on drinking binges with his colleagues, and once sent more than 200 text messages in a few hours despite having been asked to leave her alone.
Hogg appeared at Jedburgh Sheriff Court for sentencing today.
A court previously heard how the couple moved to Exeter in 2019 with heir three young children, but Hogg’s behaviour began to ‘deteriorate.’
Prosecutor Drew Long told the court last month that Mrs Hogg’s family ‘noticed a change in her’
In 2023, the couple moved Hawick in the Scottish border, which is when the former Scottish captain downloaded an app to track his wife’s phone.
Later that year, Mrs Hogg decided to leave her husband and sought advice from a domestic abuse service.
In September 2023, Mr Hogg sent his wife so many text messages, believed to be over 200, that it caused his partner to have a panic attack.
And in February of this year, police were called after being notified of Mr Hogg ‘shouting and swearing.’
The Montpellier full-back was taken into custody and placed on a bail order meaning he could not contact Mrs Hogg or enter the family home.
The former Glasgow Warriors man is currently living abroad after returning to rugby in the summer following a brief retirement.
He and his wife are currently in the process of a divorce.
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