Judge to rule on ex-Taliban hostage accused of sexually assaulting wife

Justice to rule on 19 charges against Joshua Boyle and weigh credibility of competing testimony from him and Caitlan Coleman

A Canadian judge is set to determine the fate of Joshua Boyle, the former hostage who spent five years in Afghanistan with his family and stands accused of sexually assaulting his estranged wife, Caitlan Coleman.

The Ontario superior court justice Peter Doody will rule on Thursday on the 19 charges against Boyle, including assault with a weapon and forcible confinement. In doing so, Doody will also weigh the credibility of competing testimony from Coleman and Boyle, who have provided starkly different accounts of their time in Ottawa, where the alleged crimes are said to have occurred.

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