“He is the person who committed these offences. Coban,” Kenworthy told the jury as she walked them through evidence found on the two devices that she said showed they were used by the Dutch man. Coban is not charged with sextortion.”Ĭrown attorney Kenworthy said earlier Tuesday that although the evidence against Coban was circumstantial, two devices seized by police link him to the Port Coquitlam teenager. He cautioned the jury against the Crown’s use of the term “sextortionist,” calling it “advocacy.”Īt the start of the trial two months ago, the Crown told the jury Todd had been the victim of a persistent campaign of online “sextortion” over three years before her death at age 15 in October 2012. “If he is the computer guy working on and repairing those devices there is an association, they’re in his bungalow.” “It’s my submission that this can account for some of the devices in his possession,” he said.
There was a “great deal” of evidence in the trial that Coban repaired computers and replaced hard drives, some of which he received in the mail, his lawyer said. That’s not beyond a reasonable doubt,” said Saulnier. Coban is probably guilty, that’s not good enough. “In fact, there was often evidence that these fragments or files came from elsewhere.”Ĭoban has pleaded not guilty to extortion, harassment, communication with a young person to commit a sexual offence and possessing child pornography.Ĭrown attorney Louise Kenworthy had wrapped up her closing her arguments earlier in the day, saying there was a “treasure trove of information” linking Coban to the harassment and extortion of Todd.īut the main issue in the trial, Saulnier told the jury, is that the identity of the person behind the messages and extortion cannot be proven beyond a reasonable doubt.Ĭoban’s defence did not call any evidence during the trial. “There’s limited information you can draw from a fragment of data, particularly in deleted space,” Saulnier told the jury. Supreme Court jury trial they should convict his client only if they are satisfied of his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Joseph Saulnier, representing Aydin Coban, began his closing arguments Tuesday afternoon by telling a B.C. “Fragments” of computer data cited by police cannot link a Dutch man to the harassment and extortion of British Columbia teenager Amanda Todd, says a defence lawyer.
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