Ex-hostage Joshua Boyle arrested, charged with sex assault, forcible confinement
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.