There are calls for Stuart Hogg to be stripped of his MBE

Stephen Flynn has called for Stuart Hogg to be stripped of his MBE after the former Scotland captain was handed a community payback order for abusing his wife.

The SNP’s Westminster leader shared a post on the social media platform X about Hogg’s sentencing, and said: “He should be stripped of his MBE.”

Hogg received his MBE in the 2023 New Year’s Honours for his services to rugby.

SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn. | Press Association.

However, Hogg will now be supervised for a year as an alternative to jail after he admitted abusing his estranged wife Gillian Hogg over the course of five years.

This comes after he pleaded guilty to a single charge of domestic abuse when he appeared at Selkirk Sheriff Court, and admitted shouting and swearing, tracking her movements and sending her messages, which were alarming and distressing in nature.

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During his appearance at Selkirk Sheriff Court on Thursday, Sheriff Peter Paterson also imposed another non-harassment order barring Hogg from approaching or contacting his wife for five years, mirroring one that was imposed last month.

Stuart Hogg at Selkirk Sheriff Court. | Andrew Milligan / Press Association.

He told the former rugby star the sentence was an “alternative to custody”.

The couple separated in 2023 and Ms Hogg sought advice from a domestic abuse service.

On February 21 last year, police were called due to Hogg “shouting and swearing”, and he was taken into custody and placed on a bail order stipulating not to contact his wife or enter the family home.

Hogg now lives abroad and plays for French club Montpellier, and the court heard he is in the process of a divorce.

SNP chief demands ex-Scotland rugby captain Stuart Hogg stripped of MBE