Hedley frontman Jacob Hoggard is seen in a headshot released in 2018 by Toronto police.
With the jury at Jacob Hoggard's sexual assault trial sequestered to deliberate on a verdict, it can now be reported that prosecutors and the defence agreed to avoid mentioning the disgraced singer's prior conviction. The former Hedley frontman was found guilty in 2022 for a "degrading rape."Posted: Oct 04, 2024 1:48 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour agoWARNING: This article may affect those who have experienced sexual violence or know someone affected by it.
This is all common practice in such circumstances, legal experts say, to ensure the jury focuses solely on the evidence presented at trial. An Ontario Provincial Police offender transport van arrives at the Haileybury courthouse in Temiskaming Shores, Ont., during Hoggard's second sexual assault trial in September 2023. The November 2016 incident led a jury to find Hoggard guilty of sexual assault causing bodily harm. The trial judge sentenced him to five years, describing the attack as "a manipulative and particularly degrading rape.
"Prior discreditable conduct is the kind of evidence which, if leaked before a jury, could give rise to a mistrial," Savard told Superior Court Justice Robin Tremblay.The complainant's brief reference to Hoggard's other accusers came on her fourth day of often tense cross-examination by Savard. The defence was seeking to illustrate to the jury that the woman filled in gaps in her memory by doing research online.
The judge later instructed the jury to disregard the "stories" the complainant said she had heard. "It's not admissible evidence," Tremblay told jurors.New charge against Jacob Hoggard surfaces as he awaits verdict in sex assault trialTonya Kent, a Toronto-based criminal defence lawyer who's not involved in the Hoggard case, explained that it's standard for a jury to be shielded from knowledge about an accused person's previous trial.
Hoggard and his wife, Rebekah, left, arrive at a Toronto courthouse with his lawyer, Megan Savard, during his first sexual assault trial on May 31, 2022.
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