Amanda Todd trial: guilty verdict on five charges for Aydin Coban
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The jury took less than two days to reach Aydin Coban’s guilty verdict for five charges he was facing, in relation to Amanda Todd.
The jury in a B.C. Supreme Court trial of a man charged with harassing and extorting teenager Amanda Todd has now reached a verdict.
It took less than two days to reach a guilty verdict for five charges.
A brief pause for the jury occurred on Saturday afternoon, as there were questions for counsel, who were summoned back into the courtroom.
The jury reached their verdict only two hours after the break.
Aydin Coban, 44, pleaded not guilty to five charges, including possession of child pornography, extortion, criminal harassment and communication with a young person to commit a sexual offence.
The jury found him guilty on all five counts.
Justice Martha Devlin provided instructions to the jury before deliberations began, telling them to take “special care” with the statements given by Amanda Todd before her death.
