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Former Afghanistan hostage Joshua Boyle says he had grown tired of indulging his wife’s spanking fantasies by late 2017, and only reluctantly hit her with a broom handle when she requested it.

Testifying for a fifth consecutive day in his own defence, Boyle told court that he gave his wife, Caitlan Coleman, “a few half-hearted swats” on the buttocks after she asked to be spanked for mistreating their children.

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“She often asked for those sorts of things,” he testified, adding later in his cross-examination, “She enjoyed it.”

Boyle said he was particularly annoyed on this occasion because she’d interrupted the children’s bedtimes.

“I had conveyed many times it was not an appropriate time for this,” Boyle testified.

“I was annoyed, yes. I was tired of indulging her fantasies. As I said, I was looking to get a divorce.“

Boyle said he stopped spanking his wife as soon as she indicated any discomfort.