Jacob Hoggard will likely be awaiting the outcomes of his enchantment at residence.
The Hedley frontman was sentenced to 5 years in jail on Thursday for the sexual assault of an Ottawa girl in 2016, however has appealed his sentence.
Because the court docket deliberates over his enchantment, Hoggard has been granted bail.
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Court docket of Enchantment Justice Grant Huscroft mentioned, “In the entire circumstances, provided that [Hoggard] poses no public security or flight issues and raises debatable grounds of enchantment, I’m glad that his detention just isn’t mandatory within the public curiosity,” by way of CP24.
The prosecution had requested for a sentence of six to seven years whereas Hoggard’s protection requested a lighter sentence of three to 4 years in jail.
Ontario Superior Court docket Justice Gillian Roberts, who delivered the sentence on Friday, mentioned they arrived at their determination based mostly on the trauma troubled on the sufferer.
“She’s a special particular person than she was when she went to satisfy Mr. Hoggard,” the decide mentioned.
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“It have to be enough to mirror the inherent harmfulness of a manipulative and notably degrading rape. … The total image have to be acknowledged and regarded in sentencing,” they continued.
On high of the jail time, Roberts additionally ordered Roberts be given a 10-year ban on possessing any weapons and be positioned on the intercourse offender registry for the subsequent 20 years.