Dutch man Aydin Coban convicted of sexually extorting Canadian teen Amanda Todd

A Canadian jury on Saturday discovered Dutch nationwide Aydin Coban responsible on all fees of sexually extorting a youngster from British Columbia whose video of her on-line harassment sparked an international debate on cyber-bullying.

Coban, who used to be extradited to Canada, used to be convicted within the British Columbia Supreme Court of extortion, two counts of ownership of kid pornography, kid luring and prison harassment towards Amanda Todd, {the teenager} who died through suicide in 2012.

Todd sparked a world debate over cyber-bullying when she posted a YouTube video detailing her on-line harassment. She dedicated suicide at age 15.

Coban, 44, had pleaded no longer responsible to 5 prison fees with regards to Todd’s case. He used to be no longer charged with Todd’s demise.

British Columbia Supreme Court Justice Martha Devlin had advised the jury they may simplest to find Coban responsible of the fees towards him if prosecutors proved their case past an inexpensive doubt. Otherwise, they should acquit Coban, Devlin stated.

The verdict got here after weeks of testimony that concerned many witnesses and proof offered through prosecutors prior to the beginning of last arguments.

Coban used to be extradited from the Netherlands to Canada in 2020 after being convicted in Amsterdam of identical fees involving many younger ladies and homosexual males.

In the ones instances, judges had discovered that Coban gained the believe of his sufferers after which satisfied them to ship him compromising sexual pictures. Thereafter, he threatened to show the ones pictures.

The Dutch Supreme Court had discovered he adopted thru on the ones threats, sending sexual pictures to households and pals of his sufferers.

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