At a sentencing hearing Thursday, the man told the court that he regretted leaving the scene after striking a pedestrian around 3:30 a.m. on Aug. 26, 2021.
In the wake of musician Jacob Hoggard being sentenced to five years in jail for sexually assaulting an Ottawa woman, one advocate says the drawn-out case highlights the challenges victims face in coming forward.
Jacob Hoggard, 38, had pleaded not guilty to the charges when he went on trial this week in Ottawa for raping the woman in a Toronto hotel room in 2016.