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. 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. WATCH BELOW: Joshua Boyle ‘looking forward’ to being released after being granted bail

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. 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. Boyle will reside with his parents in Smiths Falls under strict conditions and will be placed under house arrest with GPS ankle bracelet monitoring. 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. 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. 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. WATCH: Joshua Boyle ‘looking forward’ to being released after being granted bail

Boyle, his wife and children had been living in an Ottawa apartment when he was arrested.
Former Taliban hostage Joshua Boyle is released from jail with strict bail conditions, including an electronic tracking bracelet.