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Jurors have wrapped up a second day of deliberations in the sexual assault trial of Jacob Hoggard, the lead singer of the Canadian band Hedley.
Deliberations began Tuesday afternoon and are set to resume Thursday.
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Hoggard, who is 37, has pleaded not guilty to two counts of sexual assault causing bodily harm and one of sexual interference, a charge that refers to the sexual touching of someone under 16.
Prosecutors allege the singer violently and repeatedly raped a teenage fan and a young Ottawa woman in Toronto-area hotels in the fall of 2016.
They also allege he groped the teen backstage after a Hedley show in Toronto in the spring of 2016 when she was 15.
The defence says the groping never happened and Hoggard had consensual sexual encounters with both complainants.
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