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His Aydin Coban, a Dutch national, was charged with extortion against Amanda Todd, two counts of possession of child pornography, child abduction, and criminal harassment. Convicted of . Her story spread around the world after she committed her suicide about 10 years ago.
After deliberation of one day , the jury delivered the verdict in the Supreme Court of Westminster, New Columbia, British Columbia.
Todd's mother, Carol Her Todd sat in the back row of the audience gallery on Saturday taking notes. When Covan returned to her court, she changed her position.
Whenever her conviction was read out in her court, she reacted strongly. .
Navy Corban, who wore her blue button-down shirt, showed little reaction when her sentence was read out.
Their verdict was delivered after seven weeks of testimony dozens of witnesses, exhibits and evidence Involved prosecutor before opening closing arguments.
Coban's counsel did not present any evidence at the trial.
On Friday BC Supreme Court Justice Martha Devlin spent the day instructing the jury that the jury decided that the King She said Cobain could be found guilty of the charges against him only if he substantiated the allegations beyond serious doubt.Otherwise, she said, they would have to acquit him.
Over the course of several hours, Devlin considered the testimony and evidence presented to the jury during the long and complicated trial. She guided the jury, explaining the definition of each crime count sworn against Cobain, and the criteria Crown had to meet in order to convict.
Todd committed suicide on October 10, 2012, at age 15, after being exploited online for three years. Before her death, she told her story in her nine-minute video posted on YouTube.
After her death, the video went viral around the world, and as of August, she had 14.8 million views.
His Coban, 44, has been charged with five charges in connection with Todd's case, including extortion, possession of child pornography, and child solicitation. He pleaded not guilty to the criminal charges. He was not indicted in Todd's death.
Early in the trial, Dutch police officers found that a deleted video file named "AmandaTodd.wmv" was found on one of the devices in December 2010. I testified that it was played in This corresponds to a time when Todd was being actively harassed.
However, Coban's defense argued that sharing the link was "not child pornography."
The video was sent as a link but was seized. Joseph Saulnier told jurors on the second day of closing arguments that there was no indication that the device had any data stored on it.
The defense attorneys also disputed the King's allegations that Cobain was behind her 22 online accounts that harassed and blackmailed Todd.
Early in the trial, a jury determined that her B.C. He said he wanted the harassing messages to stop.
Todd's parents called the police because her daughter's messages continued after she transferred schools.
Todd's mother, Carol , attended Coban's trial each day, sitting in the back of the courtroom, a few meters from the prison box. The defendant sat with his back to her.
Fifth Estate | With no video and online chat, the Fifth Estate is Amanda Todd, B.C. a teenager haunted by one skimpy photo on the internet. Her blackmail and sexual blackmail that led her to her death, and a new breed of online predator that threatens many other young people who take risks online.
