The estranged wife of Joshua Boyle says he allegedly struck her, tied her ankles and wrists with rope and forced her to have sex during an incident following the couple's forced captivity in Afghanistan.
Caitlan Coleman, who gave birth to three children during a five-year hostage ordeal at the hands of extremists beginning in 2012, is back on the witness stand at her husband's assault trial in Ottawa.
The couple, who were seized by extremists while on a backpacking trip through central Asia, were freed and returned to Canada in late 2017.
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