OTTAWA – Former Afghanistan hostage Joshua Boyle, who faces several assault charges, will be released from jail with strict bail conditions that include an electronic tracking bracelet.

Ontario Court Justice Robert Wadden handed down the decision Friday in Ottawa after three days of proceedings.

Under the release conditions, Boyle will live with his parents, Patrick and Linda, in Smiths Falls, Ont. – effectively under house arrest – and wear a GPS ankle bracelet that can track his movements.

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Boyle and each of his parents must post a $10,000 bond. Patrick and Linda will serve as sureties and one of them must accompany their son if he leaves the property.

“They’re all pleased that Joshua’s going to be coming home,” said Lawrence Greenspon, a lawyer for Boyle.

“Hopefully the release will happen this weekend. More than likely I think it’d be Monday.”

Boyle will be allowed to visit Ottawa with one of his parents only to see a doctor, consult his lawyers or to attend court. He must continue receiving psychiatric treatment and cannot possess a weapon or use the internet.

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Boyle and his American wife, Caitlan Coleman, were taken hostage in 2012 by a Taliban-linked group while on a backpacking trip in Afghanistan.

The couple – along with the three children they had during five years in captivity – were freed by Pakistani forces last October.

Boyle was arrested by Ottawa police in December and charged with offences including assault, sexual assault, unlawful confinement and causing someone to take a noxious substance.

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The charges against Boyle relate to two alleged victims, but a court order prohibits the publication of any details that might identify them or any witnesses.

None of the charges, which relate to incidents that allegedly occurred after Boyle returned to Canada, has been tested in court. A trial date is slated to be set on June 15, when Boyle is due back in court.

Evidence from the bail proceeding and Wadden’s reasons, delivered from the bench on Friday, are also covered by a publication ban.

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Boyle, his wife and children had been living in an Ottawa apartment when he was arrested.

An initial evaluation found him fit to stand trial, but he underwent a fuller assessment at a mental health centre in Brockville, Ont. The confidential psychiatric assessment was completed this spring.

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Boyle attended high school in Kitchener, Ont., and earned a degree from the University of Waterloo in 2005.

He was briefly married to Zaynab Khadr, sister of Toronto-born Omar Khadr, who spent years in a U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, after being captured in Afghanistan.

In 2011 Boyle married Coleman, who was raised in Pennsylvania, during a lengthy trip the pair took to South America.

The following year, they set off for Russia and travelled through Central Asia for several months, winding up in Afghanistan.

The family’s dramatic rescue last October made global headlines, and even led to a meeting on Parliament Hill with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.</s>OTTAWA: Former hostage Joshua Boyle will be released from a Canadian jail with strict bail conditions that include an electronic tracking bracelet.

Boyle faces a string of charges, including sexual assault, following his release from captivity in Afghanistan last year.

Boyle and his wife, Caitlan Coleman of Stewartstown, Pennsylvania, were taken hostage in 2012 by a Taliban-linked group.

Boyle's alleged crimes occurred between October 14 and December 30 after the couple returned to Canada.

A publication ban bars reporting information that could identify the alleged victims.

Under the release conditions, Boyle will live with his parents, Patrick and Linda Boyle in Smiths Falls, Ontario.

He must wear a GPS ankle bracelet that can track his movements.</s>OTTAWA — Former overseas hostage Joshua Boyle, who faces several assault charges, will be released on bail with strict conditions.

Justice Robert Wadden handed down the decision today in Ontario court following a two-day proceeding earlier this week.

Under the release conditions, Boyle must live with his parents in Smiths Falls, Ont., effectively under house arrest, and wear a GPS ankle bracelet that can track his movements.

Boyle was arrested by Ottawa police in December and charged with various offences including assault, sexual assault, unlawful confinement and causing someone to take a noxious substance.

The charges against Boyle relate to two alleged victims, but a court order prohibits the publication of any details that might identify them or any witnesses.

Boyle and his American wife, Caitlan Coleman, were taken hostage in 2012 by a Taliban-linked group during a backpacking trip in Afghanistan.

The couple — along with the three children they had during their five years in captivity — were freed by Pakistani forces last October.

None of the charges, which relate to incidents that allegedly occurred between Oct. 14 and Dec. 30 — after Boyle returned to Canada — have been tested in court.

The family had been living in an Ottawa apartment for about a month when Boyle was arrested.

Lawrence Greenspon, a lawyer for Boyle, told the court in late January that an initial evaluation found his client fit to stand trial, but added that he would benefit from a fuller assessment at a mental health centre in Brockville, Ont.

The confidential psychiatric evaluation was completed this spring.</s>OTTAWA – Former overseas hostage Joshua Boyle, who faces several assault charges, will be released on bail with strict conditions.

Justice Robert Wadden handed down the decision today in Ontario court following a two-day proceeding earlier this week.

READ MORE: Psychiatric assessment of former hostage Joshua Boyle extended by two weeks

Boyle was arrested by Ottawa police in December and charged with various offences including assault, sexual assault, unlawful confinement and causing someone to take a noxious substance.

The charges against Boyle relate to two alleged victims, but a court order prohibits the publication of any details that might identify them or any witnesses.

Boyle and his American wife, Caitlan Coleman, were taken hostage in 2012 by a Taliban-linked group during a backpacking trip in Afghanistan.

The couple –along with the three children they had during their five years in captivity — were freed by Pakistani forces last October.</s>Former hostage Joshua Boyle will be released from a Canadian jail with strict bail conditions that include an electronic tracking bracelet, a judge ruled Friday.

Boyle faces a string of charges, including sexual assault, following his release from captivity in Afghanistan last year. The alleged crimes occurred between Oct. 14 and Dec. 30 after he and his American wife, Caitlan Coleman of Stewartstown, Pennsylvania, returned to Canada. A publication ban bars reporting information that could identify the alleged victims.

Ontario Court Justice Robert Wadden issued the bail decision. Under the release conditions, Boyle will live with his parents, Patrick and Linda Boyle in Smiths Falls, Ontario. He must wear a GPS ankle bracelet that can track his movements.

Boyle and his wife were taken hostage in 2012 by a Taliban-linked group while on a backpacking trip in Afghanistan. The couple had three children during their five years in captivity. The family was rescued by Pakistani forces last October.

Boyle was arrested by Ottawa police in December and charged with offences including assault, sexual assault, unlawful confinement and causing someone to take a noxious substance.

Boyle, his wife and children had been living in an Ottawa apartment when he was arrested.</s>A Canadian former hostage of a Taliban-linked group, charged with sexual assault after returning home from years in captivity in Afghanistan, will be released from a Canadian jail with strict bail conditions.

An Ontario court judge ordered Joshua Boyle to live with his parents in Smith Falls, near Ottawa, and undergo electronic monitoring.

He was arrested on 31 December only two months after his return to Canada and faces 19 charges, including sexual assault, misleading police and making death threats.

The Ontario Court has banned the identification of Boyle’s alleged victims. According to court documents, the alleged crimes occurred between 14 October – the day Boyle and his family returned to Canada – and 30 December, 2017.

In a previous statement, his American wife Caitlan Coleman blamed Boyle’s actions on his mental state, resulting from “the strain and trauma he was forced to endure for so many years.”

She said it was “with compassion and forgiveness that I … hope help and healing can be found for him.”

Boyle and Coleman, who married in 2011, were kidnapped by the Taliban during what they described as a backpacking trip through Afghanistan in 2012.

They were later transferred to the custody of the Haqqani faction of the Taliban.

The couple were freed last year, along with their three children aged between six months and five years - all of whom were born in captivity.

A trial date has not been set.</s>Former hostage Joshua Boyle is being released on bail ahead of his trial in Ottawa on charges of assault, sexual assault and more, a judge ruled Friday after a two-day bail hearing earlier this week.

Ontario Court Justice Robert Wadden ordered Boyle to be released on recognizance.

Boyle will reside with his parents in Smiths Falls under strict conditions and will be placed under house arrest with GPS ankle bracelet monitoring.

Boyle must post $10,000 bond for bail and his parents must post $10,000 each, the judge ordered. He must surrender his passport, must not have access to the internet and must not communicate with victims or their relatives.

Details of the proceedings overseen by Justice Robert Wadden, including the evidence heard and the arguments made by the Crown and defence, are subject to a routine publication ban on bail hearings.

The 34-year-old returned to Canada in October with his American wife Caitlan Coleman and the three children they had during their five years in captivity in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Boyle and Coleman had been abducted while on a backpacking trip in Afghanistan.

They went first to Smiths Falls, Ont., where Boyle's parents live, then moved to Ottawa.

Boyle was arrested by Ottawa police on New Year's Day, less than three months after his return to Canada.

Boyle faced 15 charges relating to two victims after his arrest, but those charges were withdrawn in January and a new set of 19 charges was entered into the record.
• One count of sexual assault while threatening to use a weapon (ropes).
• One count of sexual assault with a weapon (ropes).
• One count of uttering a threat to cause death.
• One count of assault with a weapon (a broomstick).
• One count of administering a noxious substance (the antidepressant Trazodone).
• One count of public mischief (misleading a police officer into believing that someone was suicidal and missing, causing the officer to start an investigation, and thereby diverting suspicion away from Boyle).

The identities of both alleged victims are subject to a publication ban, along with any information that could help identify them.

Police allege the offences happened in Ottawa between Oct. 14 and Dec. 30.

None of the allegations has been proven in court.</s>Former Taliban hostage Joshua Boyle, who is facing criminal charges in Canada related to incidents after his release from captivity, was granted bail by an Ontario court on Friday, local media reported.

OTTAWA: Former Taliban hostage Joshua Boyle, who is facing criminal charges in Canada related to incidents after his release from captivity, was granted bail by an Ontario court on Friday, local media reported.

Boyle, 34, was arrested by Canadian police in December 2017, two months after he was freed, along with his American wife and their three children, and returned to Canada.

The specifics of the accusations against Boyle have not been made public, though he faces 19 charges including assault, sexual assault, forcible confinement and uttering death threats.

The court has imposed a publication ban that prevents media from reporting on the bail proceedings or information that could identify any victims or witnesses.

Boyle and his wife, Caitlan Coleman, were kidnapped in October 2012 while backpacking in Afghanistan. They spent five years in captivity, during which their three children were born.

Boyle said a fourth child had been murdered and his spouse raped after their capture by the Taliban-allied Haqqani network. The Taliban denied the accusations of rape and murder.

The Canadian Broadcasting Corp (CBC) reported from the Ottawa court on Friday that Boyle would be released on several conditions including that he stayed in his parents' home under house arrest and was monitored by GPS ankle bracelet. He must also surrender his passport, the CBC reported.</s>The charges against Boyle relate to two alleged victims, but a court order prohibits the publication of any details that might identify them or any witnesses.

None of the charges, which relate to incidents that allegedly occurred after Boyle returned to Canada, has been tested in court. A trial date is slated to be set on June 15, when Boyle is due back in court.

Evidence from the bail proceeding and Wadden's reasons, delivered from the bench on Friday, are also covered by a publication ban.

Boyle, his wife and children had been living in an Ottawa apartment when he was arrested.

An initial evaluation found him fit to stand trial, but he underwent a fuller assessment at a mental health centre in Brockville, Ont. The confidential psychiatric assessment was completed this spring.

Boyle attended high school in Kitchener, Ont., and earned a degree from the University of Waterloo in 2005.

He was briefly married to Zaynab Khadr, sister of Toronto-born Omar Khadr, who spent years in a U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, after being captured in Afghanistan.

In 2011 Boyle married Coleman, who was raised in Pennsylvania, during a lengthy trip the pair took to South America.

The following year, they set off for Russia and travelled through Central Asia for several months, winding up in Afghanistan.

The family's dramatic rescue last October made global headlines, and even led to a meeting on Parliament Hill with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.</s>In Ontario, Canada, a court let former jihadist captive Joshua Boyle, who is facing sexual assault charges, go on several bail conditions. The man, who was arrested just two months after his returning home after living in captivity for five years in Afghanistan and Pakistan, is to live in his parents’ house and wear an electronic monitoring device.

His case includes charges on 19 offenses, among others, death threats, sexual assault and misinforming the police, which he committed between October 2017, when he got back to Canada, and December, when he was detained. The identities of his victims remain secret according to the court ruling.

Boyle and his wife, American Caitlan Coleman, were kidnapped during a hiking trip in Afghanistan in 2012, then detained by the Haqqani terrorist group, linked to the Taliban*. They were released only in October 2017, with their three children, who were born in captivity. Boyle said that the terrorists killed his infant daughter and raped his wife.

Commenting on her husband’s arrest, Coleman stated that his mental condition was traumatized by this painful experience. 

“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 it had on his mental state that is most culpable for this,” Caitlan Coleman said after Boyle’s arrest.
Former Taliban hostage Joshua Boyle is released from jail with strict bail conditions, including an electronic tracking bracelet.