FOG BLOG JUSTICE LOG: FORMER HEDLEY FRONT MAN , HOGGARD FOUND GUILTY ON SEX CHARGES, SENTENCED LATER

Former Hedley frontman Jacob Hoggard found guilty of sexually assaulting Ottawa woman Hoggard acquitted of sex-related charges involving a 16-year-old Former Hedley frontman Jacob Hoggard and his wife, Rebekah Asselstine, leave court in Toronto on May 4, after the jury in Hoggard’s sex assault trial was selected Canadian rock musician Jacob Hoggard was found guilty of sexual assault causing bodily harm after violently raping an Ottawa woman in the fall of 2016, but a Toronto jury acquitted him of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old fan.

The former Hedley frontman was also acquitted of one count of sexual interference, an offence that refers to touching someone under 16. The charge stemmed from an allegation that the musician had groped the younger complainant at one of his concerts when she was 15.

Hoggard, 37, pleaded not guilty to all three charges, and his trial began in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice on May 5, following multiple delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Justice Gillian Roberts gave the jury its instructions on Tuesday. Deliberations lasted more than 40 hours before the jury returned with a decision on Sunday.