{"id":3651,"date":"2022-10-21T16:36:14","date_gmt":"2022-10-21T16:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/21\/hedley-frontman-jacob-hoggard-sentenced-to-five-years-granted-bail-pending-appeal\/"},"modified":"2022-10-21T16:36:14","modified_gmt":"2022-10-21T16:36:14","slug":"hedley-frontman-jacob-hoggard-sentenced-to-5-years-granted-bail-pending-enchantment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/21\/hedley-frontman-jacob-hoggard-sentenced-to-5-years-granted-bail-pending-enchantment\/","title":{"rendered":"Hedley frontman Jacob Hoggard sentenced to 5 years, granted bail pending enchantment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Canadian musician <a href=\"http:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/ottawa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jacob Hoggard<\/a> was sentenced to 5 years behind bars on Thursday within the sexual assault of an Ottawa lady, an offence the presiding choose known as a \u201cparticularly degrading rape.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net\/70c8fc80\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>In delivering her sentence in a downtown Toronto courtroom, Ontario\u00a0Superior Court Justice Gillian Roberts mentioned Hoggard\u2019s offence concerned \u201cgratuitous degradation\u201d and \u201cgratuitous violence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is no exaggeration to say that (the woman) is no longer the same person she was before the attack. She was physically hurt \u2026 far more significant was the psychological hurt,\u201d Roberts mentioned.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"readmore\">\n<p class=\"c-readmore\" id=\"recirc_test_read_more\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"c-readmore__label\"><strong>Read extra: <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"c-readmore__link\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9180532\/jacob-hoggard-hedley-sentencing-hearing-ottawa-woman\/\" data-track-region=\"content-read-more\" title=\"Woman sexually assaulted by Jacob Hoggard says she was \u2018never the same\u2019 afterward\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tWoman sexually assaulted by Jacob Hoggard says she was \u2018never the same\u2019 afterward\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<section id=\"recirc_test_inline_stories\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--tile is-hidden l-inlineStories--abTest\" aria-label=\"\">\n<p>\n\t\t<span class=\"l-inlineStories__title c-heading c-heading--strikethrough\">Read More<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline\">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9180532\/jacob-hoggard-hedley-sentencing-hearing-ottawa-woman\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220604140612-629ba0cd0ddec4076c4977c4jpeg.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" data-title=\"\">Woman sexually assaulted by Jacob Hoggard says she was \u2018never the same\u2019 afterward<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWhatever fleeting moments of gratification Mr. Hoggard derived from his conduct, they have come at the staggering and utterly unacceptable cost of forever changing (the woman\u2019s) life.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues beneath commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The choose mentioned she accepted the girl\u2019s proof \u201cin its entirety.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 2016 sexual assault came about in a Toronto lodge room and the Ottawa lady advised Hoggard\u2019s sentencing listening to that what occurred will hang-out her for the remainder of her life.<\/p>\n<p>The choose accepted as undeniable fact that Hoggard raped the girl a number of occasions anally, vaginally and orally, choked her, spit on her, known as her a slut and a pig and oinked at her like an animal.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver=\"\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline-featured=\"false\" data-displayinline-type=\"video\" data-displayinline-player-id=\"miniplayer_9214064_6352c9aa8a6a4\" data-displayinline-video-id=\"9214064\" data-displayinline-ratio=\"16:9\" data-displayinline=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/embed\/9214064\/#autoplay&amp;stickyiframe=miniplayer_9214064_6352c9aa8a6a4\" data-displayinline-sticky=\"true\">\n<div class=\"c-video__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__placeholder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Jacob Hoggard sentenced to 5 years in prison'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/317crmjpu8-9myzuw3d9q\/HOGGARD_SENTENCING_CATHERINE_STILL.jpg?w=1040&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, \" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/317crmjpu8-9myzuw3d9q\/HOGGARD_SENTENCING_CATHERINE_STILL.jpg?w=450#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 450w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/317crmjpu8-9myzuw3d9q\/HOGGARD_SENTENCING_CATHERINE_STILL.jpg?w=720#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 720w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/317crmjpu8-9myzuw3d9q\/HOGGARD_SENTENCING_CATHERINE_STILL.jpg?w=1040#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 1040w,\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1040px) 1040px,(min-width: 720px) 720px,450px\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__overlay\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"c-video__duration\">2:31<\/time><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__title\">Jacob Hoggard sentenced to five years in jail<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Crown had sought a sentence of six to seven years _ above the conventional vary for a sexual assault by somebody with no felony file, court docket heard. The prosecution argued Hoggard was a danger to the general public.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the defence had argued Hoggard ought to stay behind bars for 3 to 4 years. They pointed to a psychiatric report that mentioned he was a low danger to reoffend and had a very good probability of rehabilitation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues beneath commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Dr. Hy Bloom, a forensic psychiatrist, was retained by the defence to judge whether or not Hoggard had any sexual paraphelias \u2014 issues outlined as having sexual needs or behaviours that contain an unwilling particular person or one other particular person\u2019s misery or damage.<\/p>\n<p>Bloom concluded Hoggard didn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>Bloom mentioned Hoggard\u2019s sexual issues had been rooted in followers throwing themselves at him. Court heard Hoggard had some 200 sexual companions in his life, with 60 to 70 per cent of them being followers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__oembed embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#BREAKING<\/a> Jacob Hoggard is sentenced to five years in jail. A DNA order, 20 years on the Sex offender registry, 10 yr weapons ban, no contact with the sufferer<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Catherine McDonald (@cmcdonaldglobal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cmcdonaldglobal\/status\/1583093297043496961?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">October 20, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The choose mentioned she didn&#8217;t settle for Bloom\u2019s report that mentioned Hoggard was a low danger to reoffend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Crown rightly points out that Mr. Hoggard was always impulsive and promiscuous, prior to and apart from his life as a rock star,\u201d Roberts mentioned.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues beneath commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI agree with the Crown that we cannot say that Mr. Hoggard will never again find himself in a situation where he has a sexual opportunity, wants to validate himself, and impulse takes over.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The choose mentioned Hoggard\u2019s sentence wanted to be proportionate to the gravity of the offence and Hoggard\u2019s circumstances, together with his diploma of duty.<\/p>\n<section id=\"content-dynamic-trending-stories\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--tile u-hide-tablet-landscape\" aria-label=\"Dynamic trending stories section\">\n<p>\n\t\t<span class=\"l-inlineStories__title c-heading c-heading--strikethrough\">Trending Now<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline\">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9215922\/danielle-smith-russia-ukraine-comments-chrystia-freeland\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/chrystia-freeland-2.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" data-title=\"\">Danielle Smith\u2019s feedback on Russia-Ukraine struggle \u2018frightening\u2019: Freeland<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9213399\/dry-shampoo-recall-canada\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/dry-shampoo-recall-canada-e1666275590818.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" data-title=\"\">Over 1.5M dry shampoo merchandise recalled in Canada over most cancers danger<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<p>\u201cIt must be sufficient to reflect the inherent harmfulness of a manipulative and particularly degrading rape,\u201d she mentioned. \u201cIn all the circumstances of this offence and this offender I believe a fit and appropriate sentence is five years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Outside court docket, Crown lawyer Jill Witkin applauded the jury\u2019s verdict and the choose\u2019s sentencing choice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr. Hoggard\u2019s conviction and sentence sends a message to our community that sexual violence will not be tolerated by anyone,\u201d Witkin mentioned.<\/p>\n<p>Hoggard had additionally been charged with sexual assault inflicting bodily hurt within the case of a teenage fan, in addition to sexual interference involving that complainant however was discovered not responsible on these offences.<\/p>\n<p>Witkin thanked each complainants for coming ahead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey were very brave, came forward in 2018. They spoke to the authorities, they testified in court at a preliminary hearing and at trial and they should be commended for that,\u201d she mentioned. \u201cIt\u2019s a difficult process, but it\u2019s a necessary process.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues beneath commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The 38-year-old Hedley frontman had pleaded not responsible to all costs.<\/p>\n<p>A jury deliberated for six days and twice discovered itself deadlocked on \u201csome counts\u201d earlier than discovering Hoggard responsible in June of sexual assault inflicting bodily hurt within the Ottawa lady\u2019s case.<\/p>\n<p>The lady, who was in her early 20s on the time, mentioned Hoggard choked her so laborious she thought she was going to die. She testified the sexual assault lasted for hours.<\/p>\n<p>Hoggard mentioned at trial that he had consensual, \u201cpassionate\u201d intercourse with each complainants.<\/p>\n<p>He denied choking the Ottawa lady, however mentioned the opposite parts described, equivalent to spitting and slapping had been amongst his sexual preferences \u2014 and will have occurred.<\/p>\n<p>At a sentencing listening to earlier this month, the Ottawa lady advised court docket the incident left her paralyzed with concern and despair for months.<\/p>\n<p>The lady, who can&#8217;t be named because of a typical publication ban, mentioned the sexual assault robbed her of her confidence, her goals and altered her life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was never the same after that day,\u201d she mentioned. \u201cA part of me died that day that I will never get back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The choose additionally acknowledged how tough the trial was on the Ottawa lady, together with the enjoying of a phone name in cross-examination between her and Hoggard that the previous musician surreptitiously recorded.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues beneath commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"readmore\">\n<p class=\"c-readmore\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"c-readmore__label\"><strong>Read extra: <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"c-readmore__link\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/8899076\/jacob-hoggard-trial-exposes-misconceptions-consent-experts\/\" data-track-region=\"content-read-more\" title=\"Jacob Hoggard trial exposes misconceptions about consent: experts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tJacob Hoggard trial exposes misconceptions about consent: consultants\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cSuch an experience should no longer be an ordinary or expected aspect of being a complainant in a sexual assault trial,\u201d Roberts mentioned, citing a current Supreme Court of Canada choice that upheld rape protect guidelines that stop sexual assault complainants from being ambushed on the stand with recordings and different paperwork.<\/p>\n<p>After the choice was learn in court docket, Hoggard, wearing a black swimsuit and tie over a white shirt, walked over to his spouse within the court docket\u2019s gallery. He hugged and kissed her goodbye.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t worry,\u201d he whispered. \u201cI love you so much. I\u2019ll talk to you soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Guards then handcuffed him and led him out of court docket.<\/p>\n<p>Hours later, Hoggard\u2019s lawyer Megan Savard argued for bail as she launched his enchantment in entrance of\u00a0Ontario\u00a0Court of Appeal Justice Grant Huscroft.<\/p>\n<p>Savard mentioned the trial choose made a number of errors, together with permitting an skilled witness to testify concerning the results of trauma on an individual.<\/p>\n<p>Hoggard ought to get bail, Savard argued, partially as a result of he doesn&#8217;t pose a flight danger.<\/p>\n<p>The Crown opposed bail, arguing the enforcement of the jury\u2019s verdict and the choose\u2019s sentencing choice was paramount to sustaining the general public\u2019s religion within the justice system.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues beneath commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"l-article__oembed embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#BREAKING<\/a> An Ontario enchantment court docket choose is granting Jacob Hoggard bail pending his enchantment<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026Given that the appellant poses no public safety or flight concerns and raises arguable grounds of appeal, I am satisfied that his detention is not necessary in the public interest\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Catherine McDonald (@cmcdonaldglobal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cmcdonaldglobal\/status\/1583226387082579968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">October 20, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Just hours after being taken into custody, Hoggard was granted bail.<\/p>\n<p>In a written choice by Huscroft launched Thursday night, Hoggard was granted bail pending his enchantment.<\/p>\n<p>In the choice, Huscroft mentioned the Crown conceded that the enchantment is \u201cnot frivolous,\u201d and that there isn&#8217;t a flight danger, which means Hoggard will give up into custody \u201cas required.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Huscroft mentioned he&#8217;s \u201csatisfied\u201d that Hoggard\u2019s detention is \u201cnot necessary in the public interest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The enchantment will likely be heard at a later date.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__oembed embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">For these asking what are Hoggard\u2019s grounds for enchantment. They are summarized right here <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/klLPfDYWCe\">pic.twitter.com\/klLPfDYWCe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Catherine McDonald (@cmcdonaldglobal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cmcdonaldglobal\/status\/1583235870613966849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">October 20, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues beneath commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>\u2014 with information from Global News\u2019 Catherine McDonald.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;appId=318812448281278&#038;version=v3.3\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard was sentenced to 5 years behind bars on Thursday within the sexual assault of an Ottawa lady, an offence the presiding choose known as a \u201cparticularly degrading rape.\u201d In delivering her sentence in a downtown Toronto courtroom, Ontario\u00a0Superior Court Justice Gillian Roberts mentioned Hoggard\u2019s offence concerned \u201cgratuitous degradation\u201d and \u201cgratuitous [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3653,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3651","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrity-gossip"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3651\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}