James English Keeps Posting After a Domestic Abuse Verdict

James English was found guilty of domestic abuse on 25 August 2026 after a 12-day trial at Glasgow Sheriff Court.

Sheriff David Hall found six of 19 allegations proven against a former partner, a 30-year-old model and influencer. The 43-year-old from Larkhall is still on bail. Sentence is now listed for 11 November, and he has dated a Daniel Kinahan interview for 5 October.

The Charge Ran From July 2022 to November 2023

The Crown put one charge on the complaint, covering a course of abusive behaviour toward a partner or ex-partner between July 2022 and November 2023, in Glasgow and elsewhere. That charge carried 19 allegations. One was withdrawn mid-trial. Hall found six proven.

They met through Instagram in July 2022. She gave evidence by video link and said English was “nice at first” and that the relationship moved “fast”. He visited her in Cardiff. She then travelled to Glasgow. Some of the violence the court accepted happened at a flat on Argyle Street.

The first violence she described was in the early hours, when they were lying together and he kicked her off the bed after she refused a cuddle. She said she felt “shocked” and went through to the living room. About five minutes later he followed.

“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,” she said. She told the court he used enough force to lift her from the floor. Prosecutor Danielle Docherty asked how he seemed. The woman said: “Angry.”

She later found out she was pregnant. The incidents the sheriff accepted as part of the course included grabbing her neck and pinning her against a door while she was pregnant, and pressing his thumbs into her eyebrows, which left redness. He pulled her hair hard enough that she lost her balance, and he slapped her face, which also left redness. The trial was told he sent threatening and abusive messages, including ones that called her a “fat slag” and a “little bitch”, and the line “You are lucky I never f***ing battered you.”

THE INCIDENTS PUT BEFORE THE SHERIFF

• The bed: He kicked her off the bed after she refused a cuddle, the first violence she described.
• The wall: He grabbed her shoulders, pushed her into a wall, and lifted her off the floor.
• The door: He seized her neck and pinned her against a door while she was pregnant.
• The eyebrows: He pressed his thumbs into her eyebrows while she was pregnant and left redness.
• Hair and face: He pulled her hair until she lost her balance and slapped her face, again leaving redness.
• The messages: He sent threatening and abusive texts, including the “battered you” line.

English has previous convictions, mainly for road traffic matters. He denied the domestic abuse charge.

Sheriff Hall Called the Victim Credible

Calum Weir, defending, told Hall in closing that the Crown’s case “fell short” of proof beyond a reasonable doubt. He said the woman was “vague” with dates and that there was “no specific time” for each allegation. On injuries, he said there were no pictures “for someone who described herself as online.”

“There is no evidence or pictures, it simply did not happen,” Weir said.

Hall sat without a jury. He convicted English of parts of the charge and said the victim’s evidence held.

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.

Sheriff David Hall, Glasgow Sheriff Court, 25 August 2026

English was not in court to hear that. Sentence was first put off for background reports. He stayed on bail. He had already first appeared on the domestic abuse charge at the same court, before the 12-day trial that ended in August.

What a Course of Abusive Behaviour Means

The conviction is not 19 separate assault findings. It is a finding that English engaged in a course of behaviour which is abusive of a partner or ex-partner, under section 1 of the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018. The Act came into force on 1 April 2019. It was written for patterns that sit across weeks and months, including things said and sent as well as things done.

A course, in the Act, is behaviour on at least two occasions. A reasonable person must consider that course likely to cause physical or psychological harm, which includes fear, alarm and distress. The accused must intend that harm or be reckless about it. The offence does not depend on proving that the harm actually followed. Hall did not need every one of the 19 particulars. He needed a course, and he found one on six proven parts.

WHAT ENGLISH SAID, AND WHAT THE ACT REQUIRES

Scottish criminal proof still needs corroboration. Two independent sources of evidence are required. The testimony of one witness, however strong, is not enough on its own. English said he was “so confident” he would be cleared that he did not take the stand. Nine people he said could support his version of events did not give evidence either.

Men Need to Be Worried, He Told Followers

The day after the verdict, English went back to the platforms that built the show. He told followers that men should be frightened of how Scotland handles these cases, and that women should be frightened for their brothers and sons.

Men need to be worried, especially in Scotland. Ladies, if you have a brother or a son, you should also be worried, because women can say anything and it’s a man’s job to prove his innocence.

James English, social media, 26 August 2026

He added that, in Scotland, “accusations are enough to get the man charged.” He said he should never have been charged. He said people should be wary, “because if they want you, they’ll find something to get you on,” and that he was tired of men getting “fucked over.” He also said he would keep broadcasting. “I’m still going to keep doing what I’m doing. If anything, it’s just fuelled me to keep raising the bar.”

That last line is the part that sits least easily with the verdict. Hall had just found that English ran a course of abuse, including messages, against a woman who was pregnant with his child. English’s answer was to treat the conviction as proof that the system is stacked, rather than as a finding about what he did in a flat in Glasgow.

Deniz Ugur, deputy director of the End Violence Against Women Coalition, said it was no surprise to see a convicted perpetrator “promote deeply harmful misinformation about violence against women and girls.” Alice Russell Harris, public affairs lead at the charity Refuge, said manosphere talk that casts women as subordinate “can directly promote abuse, both online and offline, by encouraging men to engage in coercion, control and related harms.”

The same circles that talk about protecting women from other men have little to say when the man in the dock is one of their own interviewers. English had already been charged when he went to Tommy Robinson’s Unite the Kingdom rally in London last September and called the day “beautiful” and “very patriotic.” One of that march’s themes was danger to women and girls. “It’s all about saving the children,” English said then.

Raw Conversations and 800,000 Subscribers

Anything Goes is the machine that made him. The YouTube channel still bills itself as the home of raw, unfiltered, and powerful conversations, with guests listed as true crime figures, ex-gangsters, police officers, celebrities and “controversial public figures.” Court reporting and the channel’s own page put the audience at more than 800,000 subscribers. He came to that audience after Glow, the Scottish reality series, and after a public story of addiction, prison and a restart.

The booking list is the brand. Paul Gascoigne, Tony Bellew and Jimmy White sit on it. So do Andrew Tate, Katie Hopkins and Robinson, who has been on more than once. David Goodwillie, the footballer a civil court found had raped Denise Clair, has been on it too. English has said he does not necessarily share his guests’ views. He still gives them the long, sympathetic hour the format runs on.

The channel did not go dark after 25 August. New episodes kept going up through September, and into the start of October, while he was waiting on a social work report. That is the odd shape of this case: a sheriff has already convicted him, and the upload schedule looks like any other month in the catalogue.

The show sells access to people who have done harm, or say they have been harmed, and it sells the host as the man who can sit with both. A 12-day trial in Glasgow has now put him in the first group. The second group is still the audience.

Daniel Kinahan Part One Is Dated 5 October

On 21 September, the day before he was due to be sentenced, English posted that he had been interviewing Daniel Kinahan for more than five years and held more than 20 hours of video and phone calls. “Part 1 will be released” on 5 October, he wrote. A three-hour sit-down from 2022 never aired after he said lawyers told him to pull it.

For over five years, I’ve been interviewing Daniel Kinahan collecting more than 20 hours of exclusive video footage and recorded phone calls to document his full story.

There is far more happening behind the scenes than people realise, and releasing this has never been as simple…

— James English (@jamesenglish0) September 21, 2026

Kinahan is the Irish crime figure English has been teasing for years. The October date is English’s date, not a court date, and it has not yet been shown to have landed as a finished episode. It does show what he chose to promote while a sheriff was still waiting on reports and still considering a non-harassment order.

WHAT WE KNOW

• The verdict: Hall convicted English on 25 August 2026 of a course of abusive behaviour, with six of 19 allegations proven.
• The diary: Sentence is listed for 11 November. Bail continues. A non-harassment order is still under consideration.
• The show: Anything Goes has kept publishing, and English has publicly dated Kinahan Part One for 5 October.

WHAT IS UNCONFIRMED

• The drop: Whether a Kinahan episode actually appears on 5 October, and in what form, is still English’s claim.
• The sentence: Hall has not yet said what the penalty will be, or whether a non-harassment order will be made.

A host whose catalogue is full of men with court problems now has a court problem of his own, and he is still selling the next controversial hour.

November 11 Is Now the Sentencing Date

English attended Glasgow Sheriff Court on 22 September for sentence. The report the court had ordered was not ready. Weir said a further meeting with the social worker was required. Hall moved sentence to 11 November for that report, kept bail in place, and said he would keep considering a non-harassment order.

Under the 2018 Act, the offence carries up to 12 months on summary conviction, or up to 14 years on indictment. Hall heard this case without a jury. He has not yet said how he will use that range.

THE DATES THAT GOT HIM HERE

1. July 2022: He meets the woman on Instagram. The charged period begins.
2. November 2023: The charged period ends.
3. 25 August 2026: After a 12-day trial, Hall convicts him on six proven parts of the charge.
4. 26 August 2026: He tells followers that accusations are enough and that he will keep broadcasting.
5. 21 September 2026: He dates Daniel Kinahan Part One for 5 October.
6. 22 September 2026: Sentence is moved because a social work report is not ready.
7. 5 October 2026: The Kinahan date he publicly set.
8. 11 November 2026: He is due back before Hall for sentence.

Hall already found the course of abuse proved. What is left is the penalty, and whether the court will add an order meant to keep him away from the woman who gave evidence from another room. English has already said the verdict has fuelled him. The sheriff will have the last word on what the conviction costs.

Disclaimer: This article is news reporting on a concluded criminal trial and a sentencing process that is still before Glasgow Sheriff Court. It is for information only and is not legal advice, a prediction of sentence, or a guide to anyone’s rights or defences under the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018. Readers with a live case, a reporting restriction query, or a question about bail or non-harassment orders should speak to a qualified Scottish solicitor before acting. Figures, court dates and channel details reflect the public record available on 2 October 2026 and may change when Hall sentences English or if a listed interview does not appear.