Amanda Todd's father wiped away tears in a British Columbia Supreme Court as he struggled to describe his own torment following the harassment his daughter endured online before she ended her life.
Posted: Oct. 12, 2022 9:19AMAydin Coban is shown in this handout photo from the time of his arrest by Dutch police, entered into an exhibit at his trial in British Columbia Supreme Court in New Westminster.
“I struggled to relate and to communicate with loved ones,” he said, adding anger and sadness consumed him. Todd changed schools twice and suffered through anxiety and depression as Dutch citizen Aydin Coban escalated his threats, the court heard. “It’s the Crown’s submission that Mr. Coban is at high risk to reoffend and needs to be separated from society for a lengthy period of time to protect children,” she told Justice Martha Devlin.
Todd killed herself about five weeks after posting an online video using flash cards to describe her sadness and despair as she was being blackmailed by an anonymous online predator.Sign up for our newsletter to get breaking news and daily digests sent to your email.Coban was extradited from the Netherlands to face trial in B.C.
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