Coban

• 12-year prison term sought for Dutch man convicted in Amanda Todd ‘sextortion’ trial

  At trial, lead prosecutor Louise Kenworthy told the court Aydin Coban had engaged in a "persistent campaign of sextortion" against Amanda Todd between 2009 and 2012.

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  Oct 11, 2022
  
• Amanda Todd: Sentencing hearing next month for man guilty of sextortion

  A sentencing hearing for a Dutch national convicted of harassing and extorting British Columbia teenager Amanda Todd before her suicide has been scheduled for next month.

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  Aug 11, 2022
  
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• Exclusive: Mountie who worked Amanda Todd case speaks for first time

  One of the few RCMP officers to work the Amanda Todd case who actually met the teen is opening up for the first time.

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  Aug 10, 2022
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• Amanda Todd trial: ‘Probably guilty’ not good enough, defence says in closing

  The long and highly technical trial has heard from more than 30 witnesses from Canada and the Netherlands and includes more than 80 exhibits submitted as evidence.

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  Aug 2, 2022
• Police installed keylogger on computer in accused’s cabin, Amanda Todd trial hears

  Aydin Coban, 43, has pleaded not guilty to five charges, including possession of child pornography, extortion, harassment and online child luring.

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  Jun 17, 2022
• Hidden cash, passport, hard drive found in suspect’s cabin, Amanda Todd ‘sextortion’ trial hears

  Aydin Coban, 43, of the Netherlands, is charged with possession of child pornography, communication with a young person to commit a sexual offence and criminal harassment.

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  Jun 14, 2022
• Dutch police officer flown to B.C. to testify in Amanda Todd ‘sextortion’ trial

  Lt. Erik Verstraten was part of a raid at a vacation home in a bungalow park in Oisterwijk in January 2014, fifteen months after Todd's death.

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  Jun 13, 2022
• Graphic evidence presented in Amanda Todd ‘sextortion’ trial prompts warning from judge

  Justice Martha Devlin advised the 12-member jury to prepare themselves, and the courtroom fell silent as a series of graphic videos and images of the 15-year-old were played.

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  Jun 10, 2022
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• Dutch cybercrime expert testifies on devices allegedly used to ‘sextort’ Amanda Todd

  The Crown plans to call several Dutch witnesses, including police who searched the home where Coban was arrested in 2014, and experts who examined computers seized at the time.

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  Jun 9, 2022