Defence delays trial. I think the defence lawyer will lose simply because bondage and consent is one of the charges, and there was prior consent to that practice. It's interesting that Coleman has a lawyer when typically the only lawyers would be the Crown and the defence lawyer. I wonder why she needs a lawyer in addition to the Crown Prosecutor's office.
"The trial of former Afghanistan hostage Joshua Boyle could be put on hold for months so that the Supreme Court of Canada can decide whether to hear an appeal of a judge’s ruling in the case.
That ruling, issued Wednesday by Ontario Court Justice Peter K. Doody, opened the door to a limited number of defence questions about the sexual history of Caitlan Coleman, Boyle’s estranged wife, and the key Crown witness in the case.
Doody ruled that defence lawyer Lawrence Greenspon could ask questions about Coleman’s history of consensual sex with Boyle, including ones that touched on biting, bondage and anal sex.
Coleman’s lawyer, Ian Carter, and Crown counsel had objected to that line of questioning. They said allowing the questions would render meaningless Sect. 276 of the Criminal Code, which prohibits irrelevant evidence about a complainant’s sexual history."
Joshua Boyle's criminal trial could be put on hold for months