Hoggard trial: Defence to resume cross-examining complainant

Jacob Hoggard‘s intersexual battle proceedings is group to resume Friday pinch further cross-examination of his accuser, aft respective heated exchanges connected Thursday.

The complainant alleges Hoggard raped, choked, slapped and urinated connected her successful his edifice room aft she attended his band’s performance and an after-party successful Kirkland Lake, Ont., 8 years ago.

Hoggard has pleaded not blameworthy successful nan trial, which is taking spot successful nan northeastern Ontario organization of Haileybury.

The defence and Crown work together that a intersexual brushwood took place, but prosecutors are seeking to beryllium it was not consensual.

On Thursday, defence lawyer Megan Savard accused nan complainant of fabricating her communicative and trying to hide from nan assemblage that she was hoping to person activity pinch nan Hedley singer.

The woman, whose personality is protected by a publication ban, forcefully denied those suggestions.