Jurors on Saturday convicted two men of gang sexual assault and drugging to facilitate a sexual assault in the College Street Bar incident in Toronto three years ago — but they also acquitted one of the accused on another charge and were unable to reach a verdict on another alleged sex assault.The jury was unable to reach a verdict on forcible confinement for both men but convicted Gavin MacMillan and Enzo DeJesus Carrasco of other matters on their fourth day of deliberation. They found DeJesus Carrasco not guilty of another sexually assault that was also alleged to have happened at the bar, and were deadlocked on the alleged sex assault at his home the next morning.Earlier Saturday, jurors asked what would happen if they couldn’t reach a unanimous verdict on all charges in the case regarding alleged crimes against a 24-year-old woman over several hours at the Bar in downtown Toronto three years ago.The jury reported that it had come to verdicts on four counts faced by MacMillan and DeJesus Carrasco but is deadlocked on two others. Superior Court Justice Michael Dambrot told the jury “it is desirable they come to a unanimous verdict on all counts — no other jury will be in a better position than you are.” However, he said, if the jurors simply cannot come to unanimous verdicts on all the counts it will not reflect badly on them as long as they have made their best effort. The owner of the College Street Bar, MacMillan, 44, and bar manager DeJesus Carrasco, 34, were charged with gang sexual assault, forcible confinement and using drugs — alcohol and cocaine — to facilitate a sexual assault. DeJesus Carrasco was charged with two additional counts of sexual assault. He is accused of repeatedly penetrating the complainant with his fingers when they were alone at the bar without her consent, and of raping her at his apartment after they left the bar in the morning.Since the complainant said she could remember little about wha ...
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