Former hostage Joshua Boyle is currently being held in police custody in Ottawa in connection with 15 criminal charges filed against him earlier this week.

The charges against Boyle relate to several incidents that are alleged to have taken place in the months since he and his family were rescued from terrorists in Pakistan last fall.

A bail hearing is set for Wednesday morning and Global News has been told his mother is set to appear before the court in relation to that.

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The charges include eight counts of assault, two counts of sexual assault, one count of uttering a death threat, two counts of unlawful confinement, and one count of forcing an individual to ingest a noxious substance – in this case, the sleep-inducing anti-depressant trazodone.

Boyle also faces one count of misleading a peace officer by trying to convince them that another individual was suicidal in order to “divert suspicion from himself,” according to court documents.

None of the allegations have been proven in court. The identity or identities of the victim or victims are protected by a publication ban.

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The crimes are all alleged to have been committed between Oct. 14 – the day after the Boyle family arrived back in Canada – and Dec. 30, 2017.

The charges were filed on Jan. 1, 2018.

The Boyle family became the subject of international headlines last fall after a daring rescue mission freed them from captivity in Pakistan.

Joshua Boyle, his wife Caitlan Coleman and their three young children are now living in Ottawa.

His parents, who live in the nearby community of Smiths Falls, said after Boyle and his family returned to Canada on Oct. 13 that they were elated to have them back but cautioned that it would be up to Boyle to tell his own story.

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The Haqqani network, a Taliban-linked terrorist group, held the family in Afghanistan for five years after Coleman and Boyle were kidnapped while backpacking in the region. All of the children were born in captivity.

Boyle has claimed that the terror group raped his wife, killed one of the couple’s children, and physically assaulted the adults.

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“A truly bizarre combination of elation at being free and away from those who brutalized us for so long,” Boyle wrote in an email to Global News describing how it felt to be home shortly after their rescue. “[And] depression realizing just how much damage we and our children have suffered in these five years that we hadn’t even realized.”

In December, the entire family met with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in his office on Parliament Hill, and subsequently shared photos from the visit on their Twitter account.

Some more glimpses of the visit with @CanadianPM @JustinTrudeau where we were able to discuss #MartyrBoyle and the #HaqqaniNetwork in further detail. Dhakwœn Noah posing, but Najæshi Jonah just wanted to rearrange the furniture. pic.twitter.com/riznzhSHEG — The Boyle Family (@BoylesVsWorld) December 19, 2017

The last tweet from the family’s account, dated last Friday, addressed the recent deaths of dozens of members of the Haqqani network. “Our dead go to Heaven, their dead go to Hell,” it read.</s>Canadian, 34, who was rescued with wife and children after nearly five years, is also charged with forcible confinement and making death threatsJoshua Boyle, the Canadian man held hostage by Taliban-linked militants for nearly five years, has been arrested in Ottawa and is facing more than a dozen charges including sexual assault, forcible confinement and uttering death threats.Boyle was rescued in late 2017 in Pakistan , along with his American wife, Caitlan Coleman, and their three young children, all of whom were born in captivity. The couple had been abducted while travelling through a mountainous region of Afghanistan. Coleman was more than six months pregnant at the time.Shortly after landing in Canada, Boyle, 34, told reporters that his wife had been raped and one of their children was killed. The allegations were later denied by the Taliban.This week police in Ottawa laid 15 charges against Boyle, including eight counts of assault, two counts of sexual assault, two counts of unlawful confinement and one count of uttering death threats.Boyle was also charged with one count of forcing an individual to ingest a noxious substance, described as an anti-depressant, and one count of misleading police, according to court documents cited by the Toronto Star. None of the allegations have been proven in court.The incidents are alleged to have taken place in recent months, following the family’s return to Canada . A publication ban prevents the alleged victims from being identified.</s>Former Taliban hostage Joshua Boyle was charged Monday in Canada with 15 criminal offenses including multiple allegations of assault since he arrived home with his American wife and three children in October following five years of captivity in Pakistan.

Boyle, 34, appeared in a hearing in Ottawa's criminal court on New Year's Day, court records show. He was denied immediate release and his next hearing will be Wednesday, according to a family member.

Boyle’s American wife, Caitlan Coleman Boyle, said in a statement, "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.”

The 15 charges filed Monday by the Ottawa Police Service include multiple allegations of assault, including physical and sexual assault of a woman, physical assault of a child and unlawful confinement, between October and December and misleading police over the weekend "to divert suspicion from himself."

The Canadian court issued an order prohibiting the publication of information that identifies the alleged victims in Canada. As a general policy, ABC News does not name victims in cases of alleged sexual assault.

Joshua Boyle's defense lawyer, Eric Granger, in a statement to ABC News said his client "is presumed innocent."

"He's never been in trouble before. No evidence has been provided yet, which is typical at this early stage. We look forward to receiving the evidence and defending him against these charges," Granger added.

The longtime Canadian anti-war activist raised in Perth-Andover and his wife of Stewartstown, Pennsylvania, disappeared hiking through eastern Afghanistan in 2012 and were held by the Taliban's Haqqani Network for five years until their sudden release in October, just as American commandos were staging a rescue operation. The circumstances of their release remain unclear.

Caitlan Coleman Boyle, who was six months pregnant at the time of their capture more than five years ago, would give birth to three children in captivity. In an interview with ABC News in November, she said she and her family endured brutal treatment at the hands of their captors, including what the couple alleged was a "forced abortion" and rape by their Haqqani guards.

The newly freed family arrived in Toronto on Oct. 13. The initially stayed with Joshua Boyle's parents in Smiths Falls, Ontario, but they soon moved into a hotel in Ottawa. Recently the Boyles moved into a rented apartment and told ABC News they were eager to make it a home.

Just before Christmas, Joshua Boyle tweeted photos of his family meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Last week, after President Donald Trump listed freeing the hostages as an accomplishment, Joshua Boyle finally offered his appreciation to the American leader, tweeting, "Thank you Mr. President."

Joshua Boyle was known in Canada for his activism even before becoming a hostage of the Haqqani Network. He was previously married to one of Canada's most outspoken pro-jihadi women, Zaynab Khadr, whose two brothers were imprisoned at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, but were later released.

U.S. intelligence officials long expressed doubts to ABC News about Joshua Boyle's motives in traveling to Afghanistan in 2012. Joshua Boyle told ABC News last month that those doubts were unfounded and referred to his Haqqani captors as "criminal miscreants."

American officials put aside their skepticism of Joshua Boyle in offering the family assistance in leaving Pakistan and since they settled in Ottawa, including offers of psychological counseling to adjust from captivity, they have told ABC News.</s>A Canadian man held hostage by Taliban-linked militants for nearly five years has been arrested in Ottawa and is facing more than a dozen charges including sexual assault, forcible confinement and uttering death threats.

Joshua Boyle was rescued in late 2017 in Pakistan, along with his American wife, Caitlan Coleman, and their three young children, all of whom were born in captivity.

The couple were abducted while travelling through a mountainous region of Afghanistan. Ms Coleman was more than six months pregnant at the time.

Shortly after landing in Canada, Mr Boyle (34) told reporters that his wife had been raped and one of their children was killed. The allegations were later denied by the Taliban.

This week police in Ottawa laid 15 charges against Mr Boyle, including eight counts of assault, two counts of sexual assault, two counts of unlawful confinement and one count of uttering death threats.

Mr Boyle was also charged with one count of forcing an individual to ingest a noxious substance, described as an anti-depressant, and one count of misleading police, according to court documents cited by the Toronto Star. None of the allegations have been proven in court.

The incidents are alleged to have taken place in recent months, following the family’s return to Canada.

After a brief court appearance on New Year’s Day, Mr Boyle remains in police custody. He was not expected to attend a court proceeding scheduled for Wednesday, his lawyer Eric Granger said.

“Mr Boyle is presumed innocent. He’s never been in trouble before,” Mr Granger said in an email. “No evidence has been provided yet, which is typical at this early stage. We look forward to receiving the evidence and defending him against these charges.”

When approached for comment, Mr Boyle’s wife said she could not discuss the charges, and she and the children were “healthy and holding up as well as we can”.

At the time of Mr Boyle’s arrest, the family was living in an apartment in Ottawa. The family was back in the headlines in December, after it emerged that they had met Justin Trudeau at the prime minister’s office on Parliament Hill.

The family said on social media that they had used the meeting to discuss the loss of their child in captivity as well as the Taliban-linked Haqqani Network. - Guardian</s>Canadian man Joshua Boyle, who along with his wife was kidnapped and held captive in the Middle East for five years, is charged with a number of offences including sexual assault and forcible confinement only months after returning home.

A Canadian man abducted and held captive by a terrorist group in the Middle East for five years has been charged with sexual assault only months after being freed and returning home.

Joshua Boyle and his American wife Caitlan Coleman were kidnapped by the Taliban-linked Haqqani network in Afghanistan in 2012 while on a backpacking trip. Their children were born in captivity.

The couple and their children arrived back in Canada after being rescued in Pakistan in October last year.

At the time he said one of his children had been murdered and his spouse was raped after their capture.

Canadian police have laid 15 charges against Mr Boyle, 34, including eight counts of assault, two counts of sexual assault, two counts of forcible confinement and one count of uttering death threats.

A hearing on the case is scheduled for Wednesday (local time) in Ottawa, but Mr Boyle's lawyer Eric Granger said in an email that his client would not attend in person.

"Mr Boyle is presumed innocent," he said.

"He's never been in trouble before. No evidence has been provided yet, which is typical at this early stage.

"We look forward to receiving the evidence and defending him against these charges."

A publication ban bars reporting any information that could identify the alleged victims or witnesses in the case.</s>CBC News reported that Boyle has been charged with:

Boyle and then-pregnant Ms Coleman were abducted while trying to help villagers "who live deep inside Taliban-controlled Afghanistan where no NGO, no aid worker and no government has ever successfully been able to bring the necessary help", in 2012.

Canadian Joshua Boyle, his American wife Caitlan Coleman and their three young children were rescued from the Haqqani network in October.

A man who was held hostage together with his family for five years by Taliban-linked insurgents in Afghanistan has been charged with 15 offences, including two counts of sexual assault and unlawful confinement, it has been reported.

The Canadian news broadcaster added that the 34-year-old was in court in Ottawa on New Year's Day and has remained in custody ahead of a court appearance on Wednesday.

CBC continued that court documents show that the charges relate to two alleged victims, and the alleged offences happened in Ottawa between October 14 and December 30.

They reported that Boyle's lawyer, Eric Granger, wrote in an email that: "Mr. Boyle is presumed innocent.

"He's never been in trouble before.

"No evidence has been provided yet, which is typical at this early stage.

"We look forward to receiving the evidence and defending him against these charges."

Shortly after the family's release, Boyle accused his captors of murdering the couple's infant daughter.

Boyle said the child, named Marta Boyle, was killed "as retaliation" for his refusal to accept an unspecified offer by members of the terror group.

He said the murder was followed by the rape of his wife - which he said was assisted by other terror group including to commandant of the Haqqani network.

Boyle also reported that both he and his wife had been beaten by their captors.</s>A Canadian man who was held captive by a faction of the Afghan Taliban for five years has been arrested on 15 charges including sexual assault, illegal confinement and issuing death threats, according to reports.Joshua Boyle was freed last October along with his American wife Caitlan Coleman and their three children born in captivity.

The identity of the alleged victim was being withheld by a court, according to Boyle's lawyer Eric Granger.Granger added his client was "presumed innocent" and had never been in any form of legal trouble before."We look forward to receiving the evidence and defending him against these charges," he said, adding Boyle would appear before a court in Ottawa on Wednesday.

According to news channel CTV, Boyle is facing eight counts of assault, two counts of sexual assault and two counts of unlawful confinement, as well as one each of misleading police to "divert suspicion from himself," uttering a death threat, and administering a noxious substance, Trazodone.In a statement to The Toronto Star and published on the newspaper's website, Boyle's wife would not comment on 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."

She said "with compassion and forgiveness that I... hope help and healing can be found for him."Coleman added that she and the children were healthy.

Boyle and Coleman, who have been married since 2011, were kidnapped by the Taliban during what they described as a backpacking trip through war-torn Afghanistan in 2012, and were later transferred to the custody of the Haqqani faction, known for its alleged ties to the Pakistani military.

They were freed on October 12, but refused to board a US military plane. Boyle, a Muslim convert and long-time advocate of freed Guantanamo inmate Omar Khadr, cited fears over his background.Upon his arrival in Toronto two days later Boyle accused his captors of raping his wife and killing his baby daughter, a fourth child -- allegations swiftly refuted by the Taliban's spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid.

Mujahid admitted a baby had died but said it was a result of a natural miscarriage.A month later Coleman also spoke of a sexual "assault" by two of her captors in an interview with ABC news.

Boyle has been an outspoken advocate for Omar Khadr, a Canadian captured at the age of 15 in 2002 in Afghanistan and held at Guantanamo Bay before being transferred to Canada and later released.</s>TORONTO—Joshua Boyle, the Canadian man who was held hostage with his American wife and family for five years in Afghanistan and Pakistan before being rescued in October, has been arrested in Canada and is facing criminal charges that include assault, unlawful confinement and several other offenses.

Mr. Boyle has been charged with eight counts of assault, two counts of sexual assault and two counts of unlawful confinement, as well as single counts of misleading police, uttering a death threat, and causing a person to take a...</s>The man who was held hostage in Afghanistan with his family has been arrested on charges of sexual assault and more just three months after being freed.

Joshua Boyle was arrested in Ottawa and is now facing 15 charges, all stemming from incidents that allegedly occurred in the three months since he was freed from captivity in October. The specifics behind the incidents are not clear, but Joshua has been charged with eight counts of assault, two counts of sexual assault, two counts of unlawful confinement, one count of uttering death threats, one count of causing someone to take a noxious substance and one count of misleading police, according to various Canadian outlets who have allegedly seen the court docs. Joshua’s lawyer confirmed to CNN that these reported charges are accurate.

In 2012, Joshua and his American wife, Caitlan Coleman, who was pregnant with their first child at the time, were traveling through Afghanistan when they were taken into captivity by the Taliban. They were held hostage for five years, and during that time, had three children. In October, the family of five was released following a secret exchange set up by Pakistani officials. After the family’s return home, Joshua shared harrowing details of their imprisonment, including how members of the Taliban allegedly raped his wife and killed his newborn child.

“Mr. Boyle is a young man who we all know has been through a lot,” Joshua’s lawyer told The Toronto Star. “He has never been in trouble with the law. We look forward to receiving that evidence and defending him against these charges.” He is expected to appear in court on Jan. 3.

“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,” Caitlan said. “Obviously, he is responsible for his own actions, 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 e can.”

HollywoodLifers, are you shocked by Joshua’s arrest?</s>A Canadian man recently freed with his wife and young children after years of being held hostage in Afghanistan has been charged with at least a dozen offences, including sexual assault, his lawyer said Tuesday.

Joshua Boyle, 34, was arrested in Ottawa, his lawyer, Eric Granger, told The Canadian Press.

Ottawa police declined to provide any details on the case.

The 15 charges against Boyle, according to court documents, include eight counts of assault, two of sexual assault, two 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 another of misleading a police officer. The purported acts allegedly occurred between Oct. 14 and Dec. 30 after Boyle returned to Canada.

Boyle and his American wife, Caitlan Coleman, were taken hostage in 2012 by a Taliban-linked group while on a backpacking trip in Afghanistan. Coleman was pregnant at the time and the couple had three children in captivity.

"He's never been in trouble before," Granger said. "No evidence has been provided yet, which is typical at this early stage. We look forward to receiving the evidence and defending him against these charges."

Granger said his client is "coping."

"He's as OK as anyone is who is suddenly and unexpectedly facing charges for the first time," he said.

A publication ban bars any information that could identify the alleged victims or witnesses in the case.

A man who answered the phone at the residence of Boyle's parents in Smith Falls, Ont., on Tuesday said he did not want to comment.

The Prime Minister's Office also said it would not comment since the investigation is ongoing.

A government official said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met with the Boyles at the family's request.

The official said the prime minister would generally meet with any returning hostage with connections to Canada, and discussion of the hostage-taking was the main purpose of the meeting with the Boyles.

Boyle has said he and his wife were helping ordinary villagers in a Taliban-controlled area of Afghanistan when they were seized. He told The Canadian Press that conditions during their five-year ordeal changed over time as the family was shuffled among at least three prisons.

He described the first as "remarkably barbaric," the second as more comfortable and the third as a place of violence in which he and his wife were frequently separated and beaten.

Boyle said their captors from the Taliban-linked Haqqani network raped his wife and had also caused her to suffer a miscarriage. Shortly after landing in Toronto after being rescued, he demanded that his kidnappers be brought to justice.

In an interview with ABC News, Coleman, who is from Stewartstown, Pa., recalled that guards dragged her husband from their cell, and one of them threw her on the ground, shouting, "I will kill you, I will kill you" before assaulting her.

She also said their captors beat their eldest son with a stick.

The couple and their children had gone to Boyle's parents home in Smiths Falls, Ont., after being rescued.

-- With files from The Associated Press
Joshua Boyle, a Canadian man recently rescued from a Taliban linked group, is arrested on 15 charges, including assault, sexual assault, and unlawful confinement.