An Ontario judge has set a sentencing hearing in the sexual assault case against former Hedley bandleader Jacob Hoggard.
The sentencing hearing has been scheduled to take place on October 6 [via The Canadian Press].
Last week (June 5), a jury found the 37-year-old musician guilty on one count of sexual assault causing bodily harm after several days of deadlocked deliberations, which had begun on May 30.
He was found not guilty on two additional counts: one of sexual interference relating to allegedly groping a teenage fan when she was 15, and one of sexual assault causing bodily harm, involving the same complainant when she was 16. Hoggard pleaded not guilty to all three counts, claiming that he had had consensual sex with each of the two complainants.
Hoggard will stand trial again in August after recently being charged with another (unrelated) incident of sexual assault that allegedly took place on or around June 25, 2016, in Kirkland Lake, ON.
The sentencing hearing has been scheduled to take place on October 6 [via The Canadian Press].
Last week (June 5), a jury found the 37-year-old musician guilty on one count of sexual assault causing bodily harm after several days of deadlocked deliberations, which had begun on May 30.
He was found not guilty on two additional counts: one of sexual interference relating to allegedly groping a teenage fan when she was 15, and one of sexual assault causing bodily harm, involving the same complainant when she was 16. Hoggard pleaded not guilty to all three counts, claiming that he had had consensual sex with each of the two complainants.
Hoggard will stand trial again in August after recently being charged with another (unrelated) incident of sexual assault that allegedly took place on or around June 25, 2016, in Kirkland Lake, ON.
