Jacob Hoggard Trial

• Here’s what the jury didn’t hear in Jacob Hoggard’s sexual assault trial

  A northeastern Ontario jury has started deliberating in Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard's sexual assault trial.

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  Oct 4, 2024
  
• Tearful complainant alleges Jacob Hoggard raped, choked her after Hedley concert

  The woman, visibly upset throughout her testimony in a northeastern Ontario court this morning, says she was terrified by Hoggard, repeatedly tried to get away from him.

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  Sep 25, 2024
  
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• Complainant takes stand in Jacob Hoggard’s sexual assault trial as Crown begins case

  Crown prosecutors in the sexual assault trial of Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard began their case on Tuesday.

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  Sep 24, 2024
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• Court to learn whether Hoggard opts for jury in northern Ontario sexual assault case

  A lawyer for the Hedley frontman made a brief appearance virtually on Thursday before a Haileybury, Ont., court.

  Crime

  Dec 8, 2022
• Hoggard case highlights need for clarity on reforms to sex assault trials: experts

  After deliberating for six days, jurors reached a verdict Sunday, finding the singer guilty of sexual assault causing bodily harm against an Ottawa woman.

  Crime

  Jun 7, 2022
• Jacob Hoggard trial exposes misconceptions about consent: experts

  At the crux of the proceedings was a clash about consent, as is often the case in sexual assault trials, say observers.

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  Jun 6, 2022
• Jurors in Hoggard trial ask questions related to consent, review more testimony

  The jury asked for examples related to the second complainant, an Ottawa woman who met Hoggard on the dating app Tinder in November 2016.

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  Jun 5, 2022
• Jurors in Hoggard trial to review more testimony after saying they’re deadlocked

  The jury has twice told the court it cannot reach a unanimous verdict on "some'' of the counts in the case, but the judge has asked them to keep trying.

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  Jun 4, 2022
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• Jurors in Jacob Hoggard trial review testimony after telling court they’re deadlocked

  Ontario Superior Court Justice Gillian Roberts told them to think about whether any further instruction or evidence review would help or if they are at a ``genuine impasse.''

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  Jun 3, 2022
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• Jurors in Jacob Hoggard sex assault trial continue deliberations after reporting deadlock

  The jury has requested a playback of the testimony given by a close friend of the younger complainant. Both were teenagers at the time of the alleged incidents.

  Entertainment

  Jun 2, 2022