Lawrence Greenspon began closing arguments at Boyle's assault trial by acknowledging his client is an unconventional thinker who does little to hide his keen intelligence.The experienced lawyer proceeded to point out instances during the criminal trial when Boyle refused to give a pat answer to the prosecution's questions, even though it would have helped his case.
The incidents are alleged to have taken place after the couple returned to Canada following five years as hostages at the hands of extremists who seized them in Afghanistan. Upon release, the couple settled into an Ottawa apartment with the three children Coleman had in captivity.He urged Judge Peter Doody not to believe Coleman's allegations, characterizing her testimony as the fuzzy recollections of an unstable woman with serious anger-management issues.
Coleman has testified her now-estranged husband spanked, punched and slapped her during their overseas captivity. She said his violent ways resumed shortly after they were freed by Pakistani forces. Boyle denies routinely striking his wife during their imprisonment. Greenspon highlighted the fact he did admit hitting her once in captivity, but only to knock a bottle of pills out of her hand, and that it troubled Boyle greatly because it was the first time he had done so.Earlier Monday, during re-examination of witnesses, Coleman denied she had tried to use Boyle as a bargaining chip to get chocolate while the pair were captive.
He lied to me in Kabul.
The PM seemed to like him.
He wanted to be a Jihadi.
Too bad that the same can't be said for his lawyer.
Well, one of those things is probably accurate...
Send him back to Syria
Truthful just like Jihadi Justin.
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