Scottish podcaster found guilty of domestic abuse

A podcaster from Larkhall has been found guilty of domestic abuse against a former partner.

43 year old James English was found to have repeatedly attacked the woman at a flat in Glasgow and elsewhere between July 2022 and November 2023, including offences against her while she was pregnant.

He was convicted of engaging in a course of behaviour which was abusive to a partner or ex-partner after a 12-day trial at Glasgow Sheriff Court.

English starred in Scottish reality TV show Glow, before becoming the host of the Anything Goes podcast which has more than 800,000 subscribers on YouTube.

The single charge included a total of 19 allegations, with six proven. One allegation had been withdrawn mid-trial by the Crown.

The woman - who gave evidence remotely - told the trial English was "nice at first" when they met in 2022.

The first act of violence came when they were lying together in the early hours of the morning and English kicked the woman off the bed after she refused to give him a cuddle.

The woman said she felt "shocked" and wanted to leave. English joined her five minutes later in the living room.

She said: "He came over to the sofa where I was sat and he grabbed me by the shoulders for me to stand and pushed me against the wall."

The woman added English used enough force to lift her from the floor.

The court heard the relationship continued and the woman discovered she was pregnant.

Other violent incidents included pulling the woman by the hair which caused her to lose her balance, and on another occasion, slapped her on the face causing redness.

The trial was also told English sent threatening and abusive messages to her.

It was revealed English has previous convictions for mainly road traffic matters.

Convicting English, Sheriff David Hall told the court: "I considered the victim to be credible and reliable.

"I am satisfied that it is appropriate to convict of parts of the charge.

"There was a lot of evidence that this relationship was on-off between them."

Sentence has been deferred pending background reports until next month.

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