Calls for a shamed rugby star to be stripped of his MBE after admitting a five-year campaign of abuse against his estranged wife are being ‘formally reviewed’, an SNP MP has claimed.
Stephen Flynn, the party’s Commons group leader, said Stuart Hogg’s honour must be removed following his conviction for shouting and swearing at his wife, tracking her movements and bombarding her with texts.
Hogg, who was awarded an MBE in the New Year Honours list last year, was given a Community Payback Order in January and will be supervised for 12 months for the torment he inflicted on the mother of his four children.
In a post on social media platform X, Mr Flynn said: ‘The state honour that follows his name must be rescinded.
‘Having raised it in the Commons, and with the relevant committee, it’s been confirmed that the matter is being formally reviewed.’
Hogg, 32, a former Glasgow Warriors and Exeter Chiefs full-back – now playing in France with Montpellier – has amassed 100 caps for his country.
He caused his wife to suffer a panic attack, berated her for ‘not being fun’, and sent ‘aggressive and hostile’ messages.
While women’s Aid charity chiefs blasted the sentence for not ‘meeting the test of being proportionate’, rape survivor Ellie Wilson has said Hogg should lose his MBE.
Calls for rugby star Stuart Hogg (pictured) to be stripped of his MBE after admitting a five-year campaign of abuse against his estranged wife are being ‘formally reviewed’, an SNP MP has claimed
He caused his wife Gillian to suffer a panic attack (pictured right), berated her for ‘not being fun’, and sent ‘aggressive and hostile’ messages.
Hogg, 32, a former Glasgow Warriors and Exeter Chiefs full-back – now playing in France with Montpellier – has amassed 100 caps for his country
Speaking last month, she said: ‘They’re supposed to reward people that have given back, are good role models, have made change.
‘Having someone who has been convicted of domestic abuse with an MBE, just cheapens the award.’
Hogg had previously been given a five-year non-harassment order and fined £600 after breaching bail conditions.
At Selkirk Sheriff Court in January, Sheriff Peter Paterson said a court date to review Hogg’s progress on the payback order would be fixed for March 25 – but Hogg would not have to appear if the report was satisfactory ‘because there is no point in interrupting his career’.
A Cabinet Office spokesman said it is ‘unable to comment’ on which cases are under consideration by the honours forfeiture committee.
