After pressing Coleman for details of an argument she alleges led to Boyle striking her in late 2017, lawyer Lawrence Greenspon floated the notion that the incident never took place
A lawyer for Joshua Boyle suggested Wednesday his wife made up a story that he struck her in the face at their Ottawa apartment in the months after the couple were freed from captivity in Afghanistan.
After pressing her for details of the argument, the number of times Boyle struck her and how she reacted, Greenspon floated the notion that Coleman had invented the altercation. Following their release, the couple flew back to Canada, staying for a time with Boyle’s parents in Smiths Falls, Ont. They then left for an Ottawa hotel, eventually settling into the apartment.Coleman has testified her husband’s violent ways continued, dashing hopes of a more harmonious marriage.
Ottawa police Sgt. Shane Henderson has told the court that Coleman provided a detailed statement saying she was trying to get away from her husband because he had threatened to kill her and had assaulted her “numerous times,” including just hours earlier.He sat in the public gallery of the courtroom Wednesday taking notes about the proceedings, betraying little emotion during his estranged wife’s testimony.Coleman said she decided to escape her husband the night of Dec.
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