The Dutch man convicted of extorting and harassing B.C. teenager Amanda Todd has been sentenced to 13 years in prison.
Aydin Coban learned his fate in New Westminster Supreme Court on Friday, a decade after Todd's suicide prompted a nationwide conversation about cybersecurity and online bullying.
The 44-year-old is also serving a sentence of almost 11 years in the Netherlands for similar offences, with just under two years remaining behind bars. "When we’re looking at deterrents and denunciation, the primary principles of sentencing for these types of offences, in my submission we can take into account the Dutch sentence,” defence lawyer Joe Saulnier told the court Wednesday."That should never even be put on the table," Carol Todd said this week. "He crushed the lives of Amanda and 34 other young people. They have trauma for the rest of their lives.
"Ruining Amanda’s life was Mr. Coban’s expressly stated goal, and was sadly one that he achieved," Devlin said. "Mr. Coban deliberately took advantage of a vulnerable and innocent young girl."