BC Jury Supreme Court trial of a man charged with harassment and extortion against teenager Amanda Todd has now reached a verdict .
It took less than two days to convict on five charges.
On Saturday afternoon, the jury took a short break to question the defense counsel who were called back to court. The jury reached a verdict just two hours after he rested.
Aydin Coban, 44, has pleaded not guilty to five charges against her, including possession of child pornography, extortion,harassment,and communicating with young people to commit sexual crimes. did. A jury found him guilty of all five counts.
BREAKING: "Yes!" Guilty five times. A jury found Aydin Coban guilty of all five counts of his sextortion case involving 15-year-old Amanda Todd. @GlobalBC
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Judge Martha Devlin instructed jurors before the hearing began, telling them to pay "special attention" to statements given by Amanda Todd before her death.
Devlin was neither testified nor cross-examined byAydin Covan's attorney because Todd died in October 2012, and the jury was at the limit of the evidence given. said we need to recognize The jury was told to carefully examine the statements Todd made to her parents, police officers, and her electronic communications when considering Coban's verdict.
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Amanda Todd was 15 and 6 when she committed suicide in 2012 after posting a video describing being tortured by online harassers. Since her death, millions of people have watched the video.
Covan said she was extradited from the Netherlands to Canada in 2020.
And more…
— with Canadian Press files
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