A Canadian Court on Monday adjourned a bail hearing for former Taliban hostage, Joshua Boyle, who was arrested in 2017 on criminal charges and forcible confinement to Jan. 15.
The charges include: eight counts of assault; two counts of sexual assault; two counts of forcible confinement and one count of uttering death threats.
The charges are for crimes prosecutors said occurred in Canada after Boyle and his family returned to the country in October.
Boyle and his wife Caitlan Coleman were kidnapped in October 2012 while backpacking in Afghanistan.
Boyle, 34, wearing an orange prison jumpsuit, appeared briefly by video link in an Ottawa court room on Monday but is due to make his next appearance on Monday at 09: 30 ET (14:30 GMT).
When they returned to Canada with three children born in captivity, Boyle said a fourth child had been murdered and his spouse raped after their capture by the Taliban-allied Haqqani network.
The Taliban denied the accusations of rape and murder.
The court has imposed a publication ban that prevents media from reporting on information that could identify any victims or witnesses.
The ban also prohibits reporting on the details of the bail hearing.
Boyle’s attorney, Eric Granger, had told Reuters via email that he looked forward to defending his client. (Reuters/NAN)
