Dutch man Aydin Coban has been found guilty of all charges after he was accused of tormenting British Columbia teen Amanda Todd through online threats, a jury ruled on Saturday. .Coban was accused of extortion, harassment, communication with a young person to commit a sexual offence, and possession and distribution of child pornography. The jury presiding over this trial in the BC Supreme Court announced the verdict one day after deliberations began. .Todd was 15 years old when she committed suicide in 2012 after posting a video that described being tormented by an online harasser..This video was viewed by millions of people. Todd used flashcards to describe how people bullied her on social media. .Coban pleaded not guilty to all charges in June. He was not charged with Todd’s death. .Crown attorney Louise Kenworthy told the jury in closing arguments two hard drives seized from Coban’s residence had connections to Todd, including a deleted bookmark to child pornography with the girl..Kenworthy said the teenager had been the victim of sextortion over three years before her death..An RCMP officer said he found “actual fragments of chat” between Todd and multiple online identities used to harass her on a device seized from Coban’s residence..Kenworthy said in closing arguments the one conclusion the jury could come to based on all of the evidence was Coban was guilty..Defence lawyer Joseph Saulnier did not call any witnesses in the case. Saulnier told the jury in closing arguments fragments of data shown by police at the trial could not link Coban to extortion or harassment. .A Dutch court approved Coban’s extradition to Canada after a trial in his home country based on similar allegations. .Coban was sentenced to about 11 years in prison after being found guilty of cyberbullying several young girls and gay men in 2017..This verdict comes after Manitoba teen Daniel Lints killed himself in February because he was sextorted. .READ MORE: SLOBODIAN: 'Sextortion plot' leads to Manitoba teen suicide.Lints accepted a message request on Snapchat from a supposedly attractive female who convinced him to send an explicit sexual image. .There was a blackmail attempt within minutes, where the perpetrator threatened to make the image go viral. Lints killed himself a few hours later.
Dutch man Aydin Coban has been found guilty of all charges after he was accused of tormenting British Columbia teen Amanda Todd through online threats, a jury ruled on Saturday. .Coban was accused of extortion, harassment, communication with a young person to commit a sexual offence, and possession and distribution of child pornography. The jury presiding over this trial in the BC Supreme Court announced the verdict one day after deliberations began. .Todd was 15 years old when she committed suicide in 2012 after posting a video that described being tormented by an online harasser..This video was viewed by millions of people. Todd used flashcards to describe how people bullied her on social media. .Coban pleaded not guilty to all charges in June. He was not charged with Todd’s death. .Crown attorney Louise Kenworthy told the jury in closing arguments two hard drives seized from Coban’s residence had connections to Todd, including a deleted bookmark to child pornography with the girl..Kenworthy said the teenager had been the victim of sextortion over three years before her death..An RCMP officer said he found “actual fragments of chat” between Todd and multiple online identities used to harass her on a device seized from Coban’s residence..Kenworthy said in closing arguments the one conclusion the jury could come to based on all of the evidence was Coban was guilty..Defence lawyer Joseph Saulnier did not call any witnesses in the case. Saulnier told the jury in closing arguments fragments of data shown by police at the trial could not link Coban to extortion or harassment. .A Dutch court approved Coban’s extradition to Canada after a trial in his home country based on similar allegations. .Coban was sentenced to about 11 years in prison after being found guilty of cyberbullying several young girls and gay men in 2017..This verdict comes after Manitoba teen Daniel Lints killed himself in February because he was sextorted. .READ MORE: SLOBODIAN: 'Sextortion plot' leads to Manitoba teen suicide.Lints accepted a message request on Snapchat from a supposedly attractive female who convinced him to send an explicit sexual image. .There was a blackmail attempt within minutes, where the perpetrator threatened to make the image go viral. Lints killed himself a few hours later.
