Canadian singer Jacob Hoggard not guilty of sexual assault, jury finds
Jurors had deliberated for less than six hours before delivering their unanimous verdict
by Paola Loriggio · National PostCanadian musician Jacob Hoggard was found not guilty Friday of sexually assaulting a young woman in northeastern Ontario eight years ago, the culmination of a roughly two-week trial that saw both the singer and his accuser paint starkly different pictures of what happened.
Hoggard, dressed in a dark suit, faced the jury as the verdict was delivered Friday night in Haileybury, a community within Temiskaming Shores, Ont.