Western Standard - October 21, 2022


Former Hedley frontman jailed five years for sexual assault


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319

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19


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Jacob Hogard was sentenced to five years behind bars on Thursday after being found guilty of sexual assault. The former Headley frontman and Canadian Idol competitor was found guilty in 2016 of sexually assaulting a woman in a Toronto hotel room. The victim said the assault will haunt her for the rest of her life.

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00:00:00.000 Former Headley frontman and Canadian Idol competitor Jacob Hogard was sentenced to five
00:00:04.980 years behind bars on Thursday after being found guilty of sexual assault. Now the crime wanted a
00:00:10.680 six to seven year sentence which is above the normal range for someone without a criminal record.
00:00:16.220 Hogard's defense argued three to four years should be the sentence as he is at a low risk to re-offend
00:00:21.480 and can easily rehabilitate back into society once released. In 2016 Hogard sexually assaulted
00:00:27.680 an Ottawa woman in a Toronto hotel room which the victim said will haunt her for the rest of her life
00:00:32.900 at Hogard's sentencing hearing. Also Hogard had been charged with sexual assault causing bodily harm
00:00:38.460 and sexual interference with a teenage girl. Hogard had pleaded not guilty to all the charges.
00:00:44.860 The Ottawa woman said Hogard choked her and that the sexual assault lasted four hours. Hogard admitted
00:00:50.660 to consensual passionate sex with both individuals and spitting and slapping could have happened but
00:00:56.420 it did not involve choking the woman. During the sentencing hearing earlier this month the Ottawa
00:01:02.980 woman said I was never the same after that day a part of me died that day that I will never get back.
00:01:10.440 She said the sexual assault filled her with despair and paralyzed her with fear for months.
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