Former Scotland rugby union captain Stuart Hogg sentenced after admitting domestic abuse

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Hogg given community payback order with supervision
Sentence for 32-year-old is an 'alternative to custody'

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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