Podcaster James English to be sentenced for domestic abuse

A podcaster found guilty of domestic abuse against his former partner is due to be sentenced.James English, 43, was found guilty of engaging in a course of behaviour which was abusive of the woman between July 2022 and November 2023 in Glasgow and elsewhere.He was convicted of several allegations on the single charge following a trial at Glasgow Sheriff Court.These included an incident where he seized her neck and pinned her against a door when she was pregnant, and another where he pressed his thumbs into her eyebrows.Other incidents included kicking her on the body causing her to fall off a bed, and striking her on the face.He is due to be sentenced at Glasgow Sheriff Court on Wednesday.The 43-year-old, from Larkhall, South Lanarkshire, appeared in Glow, the Scottish reality TV series, and went on to launch the podcast Anything Goes, which has more than 800,000 subscribers on YouTube.Read MoreA description on the YouTube channel says it is “the home of raw, unfiltered, and powerful conversations” with guests including “true crime figures, ex-gangsters and police officers”.