Ontario's top court to rule on Jacob Hoggard's appeal of June 2022 sexual assault conviction.
Today, Ontario's top court is set to deliver its ruling on Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard's appeal of his June 2022 sexual assault conviction. Hoggard, a former Hedley frontman, was found guilty of sexual assault causing bodily harm against an Ottawa woman and sentenced to five years in prison. His lawyers have challenged the conviction on four grounds, including the admittance of evidence related to the neurobiology of trauma. The Crown has requested the appeal be dismissed, and if successful, Hoggard could face another trial.
August 16, 2024
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