Joshua Boyle, 36, was arrested and charged with assault, sexual assault and forcible confinement at the end of 2017 just two months after he and his wife Caitlan Coleman returned to Canada after their five-year hostage ordeal. Ex-Afghan hostage's assault trial wraps, verdict due in December https://t.co/vb34sDLoqd — Devdiscourse (@dev_discourse) October 3, 2019In closing arguments, the defense said Boyle is unconventional and unlikeable but truthful, while the prosecution called his testimony fictitious and self-serving. And he suggested that Coleman concocted the assault allegations in order to get sole custody of their children. Boyle also rejected her claims that he was controlling and abusive, saying that Coleman was volatile and suffered violent fits. Coleman testified that she was spanked with a broomstick for failing to meet the latter demand, but Boyle insisted he reluctantly did so only at her request, for unrelated reasons.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 04, 2019 07:07 UTC