* YOU BEEN SNAP * KUDADADEKI..KISAAA"""Runner Liz McColgan charged with 'repeatedly punching husband and throwing his clothes out the window'

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Athlete Liz McColgan appeared in court today charged with attacking her estranged husband at her home.
The 47-year-old, from Carnoustie in Angus, Scotland, denied repeatedly punching Peter McColgan on his head and body last month.

In a hearing at Arbroath Sheriff Court, she also denied causing fear and alarm during the incident by throwing clothes down the stairs and out of the window, court officials said.

Accused: Athlete Liz McColgan arrives at Arbroath Sheriff Court today;

The McColgans, who announced an 'amicable' separation late last year, both still live at Panbridge House Lodge in Carnoustie with their five children, where they run a health centre.

McColgan is due to stand trial in November this year.


As well as hitting her husband, McColgan is alleged to have prodded his injuries and to have behaved in a threatening and abusive manner on July 12.

The alleged attack comes after the couple announced they were to divorce in an 'amicable split' after 22 years together.

McColgan, pictured with her husband Peter, is accused of attacking him at their home last month;

Speaking in November, McColgan said: 'We are both still living in the marital home while we work things out but we are a separated couple and plan to divorce.

'We have five children and we are still parents to them all. The children come first and we are currently in the process of trying to sort things out for them. We are securing their futures.'

The Scottish former middle-distance and long-distance track and road-running athlete won the gold medal for the 10,000m at the 1991 World Championships.

She was also a two-time gold medalist at the Commonwealth Games, as well as winning the New York City Marathon, Tokyo Marathon and London Marathon.

Success: McColgan's finest hour came at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo, where she won gold in the 10,000m;

Medal: McColgan was awarded the MBE as well as being named BBC Sports Personality of the Year;

At the peak of her career, McColgan was named BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1991, the year of her World Championships success.

She was also made an MBE in 1992.

Since her retirement, McColgan has coached young athletes - including her eldest daughter Eilish - and runs the Liz McColgan Health Club & Physiotherapy Centre.

Mr McColgan was also an athlete, representing Northern Ireland at the steeplechase in the Commonwealth Games, and running for Great Britain in the 1991 World Championships.

Family: The McColgans, pictured with their daughter Eilish who is now a runner herself, were together for 22 years and have five children;