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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.
Whenever her conviction was read out in court, she reacted strongly.
Navy Corban, who wore her blue button-down shirt, showed little reaction when her sentence was read out.
Their verdict, after seven weeks of testimony, involved dozens of witnesses, exhibits, and evidence and prosecutors filed by before the opening of closing arguments.
Coban's counsel did not present any evidence at the trial.
BC Supreme Court Justice Martha Devlin spent the day on Friday telling a jury if the King proved his claim beyond reasonable doubt. She instructed that only Covan's charges could be found guilty. Otherwise they would have to acquit him. , examined 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 the age of 15. She was 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.
Covan, 44, had pleaded not guilty to his five criminal charges in connection with Todd's case, including extortion, possession of child pornography, and child solicitation. He was not indicted in Todd's death.
Counsel Louise Kenworthy said last week that there was a "mineral storehouse of information" linking Covan to Todd's harassment and blackmail, saying she
Early in the trial, Dutch police alleged that a deleted video file named "AmandaTodd.wmv" was played on one of the devices in December 2010. I testified. This corresponds to a time when Todd was being actively harassed.
Coban's defense, however, argued that sharing the link "is not child pornography."
The video was sent as a link, but there was nothing to indicate it was stored as data on the confiscated device, he said. Saulnier told the jury on his second. The day of his closing argument.
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 his B.C. He said he hoped Todd would stop receiving hateful messages.
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 a few meters from the prisoner box in the back of the courtroom. 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.
