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Amanda Todd was bullied, parents testify Teen was frightened, Carol and Norman Todd tell court JANIS CLEUGH jcleugh@tricitynews.com
Paul Carter is thankful his three sons are all accomplished swimmers after his two eldest boys, Adam and Matthew, saved him from drowning during a family outing to Powell Lake last summer. His youngest son, Daniel, witnessed the whole incident. See the story on Page 19. MARIO BARTEL/THE TRI-CITY NEWS
The story may contain disturbing content; reader discretion is advised. A Dutch man accused of cyberbullying Port Coquitlam student Amanda Todd pleaded not guilty to five charges at BC Supreme Court in New Westminster this week — a decade after her death. On Monday, Aydin Coban of The Netherlands stood before Madam Justice Martha Devlin and the jury in Courtroom 209 to formally deny the charges of • extortion
• importing and distributing child pornography • possession of child pornography • communicating via computer with the intent to lure a child • criminal harassment None of the allegations has been proven in court. In her opening statement, Louise Kenworthy, the lead prosecutor in the seven-week high-profile trial, outlined how the Crown says it will prove that Coban was behind 22 fake online accounts and how there was a “persistent campaign of online sextortion” against Todd between November 2009 and February 2012. In her address to the 12-person jury, Kenworthy alleged that Coban used Facebook, Skype, YouTube SEE
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