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He decided where everyone would sit on the plane: “ ‘You sit over there, you beside us, you as far away as possible.’ I want to say he was very precise in how and where he put Caitlan and himself,” Unger told Ontario Court Judge Peter Doody Thursday.

She was testifying at Boyle’s criminal trial on 19 charges including multiple counts of sexual assault, assault, forcible confinement, threatening and criminal harassment. His wife is the alleged victim in most of the charges.

He is pleading not guilty to all counts.

If Unger and her colleague tried to speak to Coleman — even once when they weren’t, but were conversing in the general vicinity of where she was sitting — Boyle would say, “That’s long enough” and motion for Unger to go back to her seat.

When one of Coleman’s sandals broke and the two women were trying to rustle up a spare pair for her and asked what size she wore, it was Boyle who answered.

It was not to be disputed. It was a tone that told me I was going to take care of the children

On the flight, Unger said, Boyle made it clear that Coleman and Unger were to look after the children.

At one point, after the meal service, he had a lengthy conversation with someone else on the plane, and when he returned, he told Unger, “’I’m going to sit over there (in a row ahead of the rest of the family) if you can sit over there and help Caitlan.’”

His tone made it obvious “it was not to be disputed. It was a tone that told me I was going to take care of the children.”

Unger, a soft-spoken and thoughtful woman who had brought on board crayons and colouring books for the children, who had spent their entire lives as captives, obliged.