Ex-hostage Boyle charged with sexual assault, confinement

[Tanuki]

https://apnews.com/00efe66a6da0438da7d2b1d64be359b1
"OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — A Canadian man recently freed with his American wife and children after years being held hostage in Afghanistan has been arrested and faces 15 charges including sexual assault, forcible confinement and administering a noxious drug, court documents indicated Tuesday.

Joshua Boyle, his wife Caitlan, and their three children were rescued last October in Pakistan, five years after the couple was abducted by a Taliban-linked militant group while on a backpacking trip in neighboring Afghanistan. The children were born in captivity.


The charges include eight counts of assault, two accounts of sexual assault, two counts of unlawful confinement and one count of causing someone to “take a noxious thing, namely Trazodone,” an antidepressant. There is also a charge of uttering a death threat and a charge of misleading a police officer. The purported acts allegedly occurred between Oct. 14 and Dec. 30 after Boyle returned to Canada.".....

[applegrove]

1. He was a nutter a long time ago. I hope he finally gets the help he needs.

But first and foremost I wish his family peace and security.

[stevenleser]

2. He had an infant child killed in front of him and his wife raped during years in captivity. I think

his mind is warped by that experience and he is suffering from PTSD.

Anyone who went through that needs years of intense counseling.

[More_Cowbell]

3. His wife went through worse than he did

And she hasn't been charged with crimes. These new charges make me wonder if she even *wanted* to keep having sex and children in captivity, or if he forced himself on her.

[Pachamama]

4. +1000

I completely agree and wonder the same...

These charges are for actions between October and December - after release...likely a continuation of her torment with her husband...

I cannot any woman would have wanted to be bearing children under the circumstances she went through and to watch her children abused and even murdered....She was a hostage then and looks like she remained so since, even back in Canada...

Will be interesting to see what is revealed once this goes to trial...