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Canadian Jury On Saturday, Dutch national Aydin Covan was found guilty of all charges of sexually coercing a British Columbia teenage girl
Covan was extradited to Canada. Teenager Amanda Todd, who committed suicide in 2012, was convicted by the British Columbia Supreme Court of racketeering on two counts of possession of child pornography, solicitation of a child and criminal harassment.
An international debate about cyberbullying sparked when Todd posted details of online harassment on his YouTube. She committed suicide at the age of 15. (https://reut.rs/3vK26d5)
Covan, 44, had pleaded not guilty to five criminal charges related to Todd's case. He was not charged in Todd's death.
British Columbia Supreme Court Justice Martha Devlin told jurors that Coban was guilty only if prosecutors established their case beyond a reasonable doubt. 25} The verdict came after weeks of testimony, including numerous witnesses and evidence presented by prosecutors before closing arguments began. , was convicted on similar charges in Amsterdam before being extradited from the Netherlands to Canada in 2020.
The Dutch Supreme Court ruled that he had persuaded the victim's family and friends to
(Reported by Kanishka Singh, Washington; Edited by David Gregorio)
