Former Scotland rugby captain Stuart Hogg has pleaded responsible to at least one cost of home abuse over a five-year interval towards his former associate.
Selkirk Sheriff Court docket heard Hogg’s behaviour left the mom of his kids scared and wishing “for it to be morning as soon as possible”.
Hogg admitted sending 200 textual content messages in just a few hours following the breakup of his marriage, and utilizing cellphone apps to trace his former associate’s location.
The courtroom heard Hogg would repeatedly exit consuming with colleagues and are available residence and behave abusively, shouting and swearing at his ex-wife and accusing her of “not being fun” for selecting to remain upstairs with their kids.
He stood within the dock on Monday sporting a bandage on his hand and a Remembrance Day poppy.
Mrs Hogg determined to depart the previous Scotland captain and sought recommendation from a home abuse service, the listening to was instructed.
Defending Hogg, Angela Grey KC mentioned the incidents in isolation “would have been unlikely to reach the threshold required for a prosecution in the criminal courts”.
However Ms Grey mentioned Hogg accepted the incidents had “fallen short of what is expected of a husband”.
“It is accepted by Mr Hogg that his conduct, looked at within that framework (of Domestic Abuse Act 2018), was criminal in nature,” she added.
The courtroom heard Hogg’s behaviour was “never intended to be abusive” and the couple’s “deteriorating” relationship was topic to further “scrutiny placed on it”.
Hogg made his Scotland debut in 2012 and went on to make 100 appearances for his nation, securing 171 factors.
However in July final yr he unexpectedly introduced his instant retirement from worldwide rugby, having beforehand mentioned he would give up after the World Cup.
In a press release on the time, he mentioned he wished to take up a brand new profession after retirement.
Hogg, who performs for French membership Montpellier, might be sentenced on December 5 at Jedburgh Sheriff Court docket.
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