Canada: Former Taliban captive Joshua Boyle to stay in jail for five days
Toronto, Jan 4 (IBNS): Canadian man Joshua Boyle, who was rescued from Taliban captivity after five years, will have to stay in jail for five days after he was arrested in charges with sexual assault and forcible confinement, media reports said.
He will be brought to court early next week, reports said.
According to local news outlet Toronto Star, Boyle is facing 15 charges including assault, sexual assault, unlawful confinement, uttering death threats, causing someone to take antidepressant and misleading police.
The 34-year-old appeared in Ottawa Court on Jan 1 and has been remanded in custody of the law.
All of his offences have occurred in a period of 45 days, starting from Oct 14 to Dec 30, 2017.
Boyle, his wife Caitlan Coleman and their three children were rescued from the Taliban affiliated Haqqani Network from Pakistan by the country's forces.
They returned to Canada on Oct 13, 2017.
Joshua Boyle (34) and Caitlan Coleman (31), who were kidnapped by the Taliban linked Haqqani network in 2012 as the couple crossed into Afganistan, reached Canada in Octber last year.
Coleman was pregnant at a time the couple was kidnapped in 2012 and they had four children in the captivity.
Interacting with media, after reaching Canada, Boyle said: "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 authorising the murder of my infant daughter."
The Pakistan government first issued a statement on Thursday to confirm the news of the rescue of the Canadian family with the help of an operation carried out by the troops and intelligence agencies of the country.
In a youtube video uploaded in 2016, Boyle, as per the instructions given by the kidnappers, urged the Afganistan government that if it did not stop killing the Talibani prisoners then his family will be killed.
Later, Boyle's parents made a video to address the captivators, saying: "We’ve done the best an ordinary Canadian family can do. I’ve personally written to several of the most senior government officials in Afghanistan, those with great power over the execution of your brothers.”
(Reporting by Suman Das)
Image: Screengrab from YouTube
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