Canadian singer Jacob Hoggard convicted of sexual assault

Jacob Hoggard, frontman for the Canadian band Hedley (Peter Power/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

Jacob Hoggard, the frontman for the Canadian band Hedley, has been convicted of sexual assault causing bodily harm to an Ottawa woman but acquitted of the same charge involving a teenage fan.

Hoggard, 37, was also found not guilty of sexual interference, a charge alleging the sexual touching of someone under 16, in an incident involving the same teenage fan when she was 15.