Amanda Todd committed suicide in 2012 after posting a video online where she said she was constantly harassed by a Dutchman. The accused, Aydin Coban, was harassing a teenage girl from British Columbia. Shortly before her death, she posted a YouTube video in which she silently used handwritten notes to describe the online nightmare she had faced. In the video, she claimed she was in 7th grade when he asked to expose her breasts in an online chat. 

She said she received a Facebook message from a man a year later threatening to send the photo from the camera plugged into the computer to friends and family if she refused to “give in. The British Columbia prosecution service charged Aydin Coban with extortion, criminal harassment, communicating with a teenage girl to commit a sexual offense, and two counts of possession of child pornography. He did not present any plea and he was then seen on February 12 in the Supreme Court of British Columbia in New Westminster for a pre-trial conference. 

Aydin Coban Extradited To Canada: Where Is He Now? 

Amanda Todd’s suicide sparked strong reactions around the world. In 2012, the teenager from Port Coquitlam, a victim of cyberbullying, took her own life. Amanda Todd’s story sparked a nationwide conversation about online harassment and sexual exploitation. Cases similar to Amanda Todd’s prompted the Canadian government to introduce a law that criminalizes the distribution of intimate images without the consent of the person.

Where is Aydin Coban now?

In 2021, he will be 43 years old. 

Prior to being extradited to Canada in December 2020 to face the international accusations against him, it was also revealed that he was found guilty of online blackmail and fraud back in 2017 for an unrelated case. This unrelated case seems to be related to Amanda Todd’s manipulation though when we learned that he blackmailed more than 30 young girls and gay men in 2017. 

Since being extradited to Canada in December 2020 to face his victim’s mother and a British Columbia Supreme Court judge, there is, unfortunately, a ban of information about Aydin Coban’s whereabouts since 2021. All we know is that Aydin’s legal fight did begin in February 2021.

Charges were laid against Dutchman Aydin Coban in 2014:

The 42-year-old faces five counts, including possession of child pornography and attempted child luring online.

Last December, he was extradited to Canada. A moment that Amanda Todd’s family had been waiting for several years.

“We’ve been waiting for this for over six years,” said Carol Todd who is Amanda’s mother, as she found that Aydin Coban’s extradition was unreal to her.

“The charges were laid in April 2014, so we’ve been waiting for this for over six years”.

Six years during which the mother patiently took her troubles, hoping that one-day justice would be done for her daughter, who would now be 24 years old.

Amanda’s mother finally finds justice:

A Dutchman accused of cyberbullying Amanda Todd made his first appearance in a court in British Columbia on December 8, 2020. He is none other than Aydin Coban who is accused of tormenting and extorting British Columbian teenager Amanda Todd online before she committed suicide in 2012. He has now been extradited to Canada, more than eight years after the girl’s suicide made headlines around the world, a situation that rekindles memories in the mother of the victim, who wants justice to be done.

Amanda’s mother Carol Todd says it’s important for Aydin Coban to be brought to justice and convicted of all the crimes the court finds him guilty of.

She remembers Amanda as a vibrant teenager. She was fun, affectionate, and talkative. We did not know that with adolescence and the abusive behavior of others, Amanda’s mind was going to collapse. 

The mother also said talking about her child rekindles the anxiety she felt after her death.

“I think for my family, myself, and the others who have followed this story, it is really important that Aydin Coban is brought to justice and that he is convicted and convicted of all the crimes that the court will find him guilty of”, she added. 

The extradition is a new precedent for online offenders:

Amanda’s mother Carol Todd explains that in collective thought, if an IP address is in a foreign country, it is more difficult for authorities to investigate. However, the extradition of Aydin Coban shows the opposite, according to her.

It makes the borders a bit thinner. Because predators like to think that if people are online, they’ll never be caught, because no one can find them, she notes. Well, guess what? You can get caught now. 

She hopes this will encourage victims and their families to file a complaint. It sets a precedent for families and their children by making them understand that when you make a report, something can be done.

In 2020, Aydin Coban wanted to rehabilitate his name:

Aydin Coban’s lawyer, Robert Malewicz, said his client has been fighting to come to Canada since 2018. He says he is eager to refute the charges against him and restore his reputation.

In 2015, a year after the RCMP initially announced charges against Aydin Coban wrote an open letter in the Netherlands defending his innocence. “I’m not the supposed hangman of Miss Amanda Todd or anyone else for that matter.” I’ve been in prison for exactly a year now for things I haven’t done, ”he wrote.

He’s not at all willing to make a plea deal or plead guilty, adds Robert Malewicz. In an online statement last November, Aydin Coban asserted his innocence.

For her part, Carol Todd believes that if there was a shadow of proof of his innocence, he would not have been extradited.

The courts, the judicial system will play their role, she said. She adds that Aydin Coban, also accused of similar acts in the Netherlands, also proclaimed his innocence there before being found guilty and sentenced to 11 years in prison. 

He said that he was innocent despite having evidence in the Amsterdam trial courtroom, Carol Todd says.

At the time of his extradition, he was serving a sentence in the Netherlands for fraud and blackmail in a series of cyberbullying cases against several young girls and gay men.

The Department of Justice of Canada indicates that at the end of his trial in Canada, Aydin Coban will be returned to the Netherlands to serve the remainder of the sentence imposed by that country. If applicable, the sentence imposed by the Canadian courts will also be served in the Netherlands.