Todd

• 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
  
• 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
  
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• Amanda Todd feared extortion would continue for the rest of her life, Crown tells jury

  Aydin Coban has pleaded not guilty to extortion, harassment, communication with a young person to commit a sexual offence and possessing child pornography.

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  Jul 27, 2022
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• Friend of Amanda Todd testifies he reported explicit photo on Facebook to police

  The friend told the trial for Aydin Coban that he was 13 years old when he reported the photo, which came from an account alleged to be controlled by the accused.

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  Jul 5, 2022
• Trial hears of digital links behind Facebook accounts used to ‘sextort’ Amanda Todd

  Aydin Coban, a citizen of the Netherlands, is accused of harassing and extorting the teen before she took her own life in 2012, using nearly two dozen online accounts.

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  Jun 28, 2022
• Amanda Todd trial: Witness describes renting Dutch bungalow to accused

  On Thursday, the court heard testimony from Dennis Wassenberg whose family owns the De Rosep bungalow park where Coban was arrested. 

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  Jun 23, 2022
• Name ‘Amanda Todd’ found on hard drive seized from accused’s cabin, trial hears

  Records of files and directories with the name 'Amanda Todd' were found on a hard drive seized from the cabin where Aydin Coban was arrested, a court has heard.

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  Jun 21, 2022
• Amanda Todd ‘sextortion’ focuses on hard drives seized from accused’s cabin

  Technical information is expected to play a major part in the Crown's case against 43-year-old Aydin Coban, a Dutch citizen.

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  Jun 16, 2022
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• 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
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• 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