Canada gets go-ahead to extradite Dutch man in Amanda Todd cyberbullying case

AMSTERDAM – The mother of British Columbia teenager Amanda Todd says she feels numb but happy that a Dutch court has approved the extradition of a man connected to her daughter’s 2012 suicide.

Carol Todd says news that Aydin Coban will face charges in Canada has her thinking back to October 2012 when her daughter took her own life after Coban allegedly posted nude photos of her online, sparking nearly two years of relentless cyberbullying.

The Dutch justice minister must now sign off on the approval, though Coban would not be extradited until after his trial in the Netherlands on 72 separate charges of sexual assault and extortion involving 39 other alleged victims, many of them underage.

That case has been repeatedly delayed and the trial is not expected to resume until early next year.

Coban’s previous lawyer, Christian van Dijk, who still follows Coban’s cases closely, says the earliest his former client could be extradited to Canada would be the middle of 2018, after all appeal options are exhausted.

Coban faces five charges related to 15-year-old Todd from Port Coquitlam, B.C., including extortion, possession of child pornography and attempting to lure a child online.

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