Former Scottish rugby union captain Stuart Hogg has been sentenced to a community order after admitting abusing his estranged wife over five years.
The former Scotland international previously pleaded guilty to one charge of domestic abuse against his ex-partner, Gillian Hogg, when he appeared at Selkirk Sheriff Court on November 4.
He admitted to shouting and cursing, following her movements and sending her messages that were of an alarming and disturbing nature.
Sheriff Peter Paterson sentenced Hogg to a community order with a year's supervision and a second five-year harassment ban when he appeared at the same court for sentencing on Thursday.
He told Hogg the sentence was “an alternative to custody”.
Hogg did not comment as he left the court accompanied by his parents.
Hogg has been banned from approaching or contacting Ms Hogg for five years after he admitted breaching his bail conditions by repeatedly contacting her in June, when she received 28 messages from him in one night.
Sheriff Paterson handed him his first five-year harassment ban when he convicted him of breaching his bail conditions at Jedburgh Sheriff Court on December 5 and also fined him £600, with an additional £40 victim surcharge.
Hogg was also due to be sentenced on a domestic abuse charge last month, but Sheriff Paterson adjourned sentencing until Thursday to clarify whether a remotely supervised community order could be imposed, as Hogg now lives abroad.