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. 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. 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. 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." 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. He’s never been in trouble before,” Mr Granger said in an email. “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.”

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