Hedley frontman Jacob Hoggard convicted of violent rape

While jury deliberated in Toronto, news broke that the Canadian rock musician had been charged with another sexual assault

• This story contains descriptions of sexual assault

The Canadian rock musician Jacob Hoggard has been found guilty of violently raping a young woman, but acquitted of sexually assaulting a second - all while facing a new, third charge of sexual assault.

After a month-long trial and six days of deliberation, a Toronto jury handed down its verdict on Sunday evening in a court case that heard testimony from both victims recounting their alleged violent encounters with Hoggard, the former frontman of the Canadian rock band Hedley.