Former Taliban hostage admits striking wife but says she asked to be hit
Joshua Boyle, charged with sexual assault, tells court estranged wife Caitlan Coleman was unfit to parent their four children
The Canadian man who spent five years held hostage in Afghanistan with his American wife has admitted striking her with a broom, but told a court in Ottawa that she asked to be hit, as his trial for sexual assault nears its conclusion.
Under cross-examination by prosecutors on Tuesday, Joshua Boyle claimed he struck his estranged wife, Caitlan Coleman, several times in December 2017. But he had acted not out of anger, but because she frequently asked to be spanked.ENDNEW