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Wearing an orange jumpsuit, former Afghanistan captive Joshua Boyle made a brief appearance Wednesday morning at an Ottawa court to face charges of sexual assault, forcible confinement and lying to police.
Boyle, 34, identified himself on closed circuit video from the Ottawa jail and stood silently as the case was adjourned until Jan. 8.
Boyle and his family have been catapulted back into the spotlight just months after their release from captivity after the 34-year-old was arrested for a series of alleged crimes dating back to Oct. 14.
ALSO: Former Afghanistan captive Joshua Boyle charged with sex assault, forcible confinement
That’s just two days after Boyle had called his parents in Canada to tell them he had been freed.
Boyle was abducted in 2012 by a Taliban-linked group while on what he has called a backpacking trip. His children were born and raised in captivity until their rescue by Pakistani commandos.
Boyle is also charged with misleading police on Dec. 30 after reporting that someone was suicidal and missing.
Police are alleging that Boyle concocted the story to “divert suspicion from himself.”
In all, Boyle faces 15 criminal charges, ranging from assault, to sexual assault, to forcible confinement and administering a noxious drug (trazodone, an antidepressant with anti-anxiety and sleep-inducing effects).
There is a publication ban on the name of the victim. None of the charges has been proved in court.
Defence lawyer Ninetta Caparelli represented Boyle but offered no comment beyond what her law firm said Tuesday.
The son of an Ottawa tax court judge, Boyle had previously been in the public spotlight because of his brief marriage to Omar Khadr’s older sister.
When Boyle and his family were freed, American intelligence officials publicly said they had long suspected Boyle had entered Afghanistan with the desire to hook up with “Taliban-affiliated militants.”
Despite the length of their captivity, no ransom was ever demanded by their kidnappers.
When asked by ABC News following his rescue why he was in Afghanistan, Boyle refused to answer.
MORE: A chronology of Joshua Boyle and his family
Boyle did say in a public statement at the time that the Haqqani network in Afghanistan had killed his infant daughter and raped his wife during their captivity.
“The stupidity and evil of the Haqqani network’s kidnapping of a pilgrim and his heavily pregnant wife engaged in helping ordinary villagers in Taliban-controlled regions of Afghanistan was eclipsed only by the stupidity and evil of authorizing the murder of my infant daughter,” he said.
The Taliban denied Boyle’s accusations.
In another interview, Boyle said his earlier relationship with Zaynab Khadr taught him not to judge a book by its cover.
“Are there any of us honestly able to say that we’ve never uttered any phrases which, if they ran beside our name in the paper every month for five years, would paint an unflattering mental image in the public’s perception?” he asked.
“Let he without sin cast the first stone.”
In a statement to ABC on Tuesday, Caitlan Coleman Boyle said, “I can’t speak about the specific charges, but I can say that ultimately it is the strain and trauma he was forced to endure for so many years and the effects that that had on his mental state that is most culpable for this.
“Obviously, he is responsible for his own actions,” she wrote in the statement, “but it is with compassion and forgiveness that I say I hope help and healing can be found for him. As to the rest of us, myself and the children, we are healthy and holding up as well as we can.”
Last month, in the wake of their release, the Boyle family met with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Photos posted by the family on social media show Trudeau holding their youngest child.
The Twitter account is called Boyles Vs World.
gdimmock@postmedia.com
Twitter.com/crimegarden
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Boyle, 34, identified himself on closed circuit video from the Ottawa jail and stood silently as the case was adjourned until Jan. 8.
Boyle and his family have been catapulted back into the spotlight just months after their release from captivity after the 34-year-old was arrested for a series of alleged crimes dating back to Oct. 14.
ALSO: Former Afghanistan captive Joshua Boyle charged with sex assault, forcible confinement
That’s just two days after Boyle had called his parents in Canada to tell them he had been freed.
Boyle was abducted in 2012 by a Taliban-linked group while on what he has called a backpacking trip. His children were born and raised in captivity until their rescue by Pakistani commandos.
Boyle is also charged with misleading police on Dec. 30 after reporting that someone was suicidal and missing.
Police are alleging that Boyle concocted the story to “divert suspicion from himself.”
In all, Boyle faces 15 criminal charges, ranging from assault, to sexual assault, to forcible confinement and administering a noxious drug (trazodone, an antidepressant with anti-anxiety and sleep-inducing effects).
There is a publication ban on the name of the victim. None of the charges has been proved in court.
Defence lawyer Ninetta Caparelli represented Boyle but offered no comment beyond what her law firm said Tuesday.
The son of an Ottawa tax court judge, Boyle had previously been in the public spotlight because of his brief marriage to Omar Khadr’s older sister.
When Boyle and his family were freed, American intelligence officials publicly said they had long suspected Boyle had entered Afghanistan with the desire to hook up with “Taliban-affiliated militants.”
Despite the length of their captivity, no ransom was ever demanded by their kidnappers.
When asked by ABC News following his rescue why he was in Afghanistan, Boyle refused to answer.
MORE: A chronology of Joshua Boyle and his family
Boyle did say in a public statement at the time that the Haqqani network in Afghanistan had killed his infant daughter and raped his wife during their captivity.
“The stupidity and evil of the Haqqani network’s kidnapping of a pilgrim and his heavily pregnant wife engaged in helping ordinary villagers in Taliban-controlled regions of Afghanistan was eclipsed only by the stupidity and evil of authorizing the murder of my infant daughter,” he said.
The Taliban denied Boyle’s accusations.
In another interview, Boyle said his earlier relationship with Zaynab Khadr taught him not to judge a book by its cover.
“Are there any of us honestly able to say that we’ve never uttered any phrases which, if they ran beside our name in the paper every month for five years, would paint an unflattering mental image in the public’s perception?” he asked.
“Let he without sin cast the first stone.”
In a statement to ABC on Tuesday, Caitlan Coleman Boyle said, “I can’t speak about the specific charges, but I can say that ultimately it is the strain and trauma he was forced to endure for so many years and the effects that that had on his mental state that is most culpable for this.
“Obviously, he is responsible for his own actions,” she wrote in the statement, “but it is with compassion and forgiveness that I say I hope help and healing can be found for him. As to the rest of us, myself and the children, we are healthy and holding up as well as we can.”
Last month, in the wake of their release, the Boyle family met with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Photos posted by the family on social media show Trudeau holding their youngest child.
The Twitter account is called Boyles Vs World.
gdimmock@postmedia.com
Twitter.com/crimegarden
查看原文...
