Appeal Court upholds Jacob Hoggard conviction

TORONTO — Jacob Hoggard’s attorneys say the previous Hedley frontman is now serving his sentence after Ontario’s prime courtroom dismissed his attraction of his sexual assault conviction.

The musician’s authorized staff says he surrendered into custody earlier than the ruling was delivered at present.

In an announcement, the attorneys say that whereas they preserve Hoggard’s trial was unfair, they respect the courtroom’s resolution and might be reviewing the judgment to find out their subsequent steps.

The attraction courtroom unanimously upheld Hoggard’s conviction regardless of discovering his trial mustn’t have heard the proof of a psychologist who testified on the neurobiology of trauma.

Hoggard, the previous frontman for the band Hedley, was discovered responsible in June 2022 of sexual assault inflicting bodily hurt towards an Ottawa girl and later sentenced to 5 years behind bars.

He was launched on bail hours later, pending his attraction.

This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Aug. 16, 2024.