Justice Robin Tremblay, left to right, Assistant Crown Attorney Peter Keen, Crown Attorney Lilly Gates, Hoggard's lawyers Kally Ho, Megan Savard and Hoggard are shown in a courtroom sketch in Haileybury, Ont., Monday, Sept. 23, 2024.Photo by Alexandra Newbould/THE CANADIAN PRESS

Complainant takes stand in Jacob Hoggard sexual assault trial as Crown begins case

The woman said she was 19 years old at the time and attended an after-party with band members and other teen girls after a Kirkland Lake, Ont., show

· National Post

HAILEYBURY, Ont. — The complainant in Jacob Hoggard’s sexual assault trial says she attended a concert by his band Hedley in Kirkland Lake, Ont., the night of the alleged assault in June 2016.

The woman said during brief testimony this afternoon that she was 19 years old at the time and attended an after-party with band members and other teen girls after the show.

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