The first week of the highly anticipated trial of the man accused of what the Crown has called 'sextorting' Amanda Todd has wrapped in B.C. Supreme Court.
Trial underway for Dutch man charged in Amanda Todd cyberbullying caseThe trial has begun for a Dutch man accused of harassing and extorting B.C. teenager Amanda Todd online before she died by suicide in 2012.
Aydin Coban pleaded not guilty Monday to five criminal counts — including possession of child pornography, child luring and harassment — in relation to what the Crown claims was a scheme to extort sexual images from the teenager between 2009 and 2012.Her name has been closely linked with the impacts of cyberbullying ever since a video discovered after her death in October 2012 went viral. The then-15-year-old died by suicide.
The Crown displayed threats sent through Facebook to the teenager as well as messages with links to graphic images of Amanda Todd sent to her family, friends and classmates.Carol Todd, Amanda Todd's mother, speaks to reporters outside B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster, B.C., on June 6, 2022. Both parents said their daughter had been involved in other disputes with teens, including fights over boys, but that the main problems their daughter faced had to do with the relentless social media attacks.
More Dutch witnesses are expected to appear both in person and by video link from the Netherlands in the second week of testimony.The Crown has said that they will testify to the seizure and examination of computing devices from Coban's home. According to prosecutors, forensic examination turned up files associated with deleted videos that had the names "Amanda" and "Amanda Todd.