DUTCH MAN ACCUSED OF HARASSING B.C. TEEN EXTRADITED

A Dutch man accused of extorting and criminally harassing B.C. teenager Amanda Todd, who ultimately killed herself, has been extradited to Canada. The B.C. Prosecution Service says Aydin Coban is in custody and made his first appearance in a courtroom in the province on Dec. 8. Coban is charged with extortion, criminal harassment, communication with a young person to commit a sexual offence and two counts of possession of child pornography. He has not entered any pleas and his next appearance is Feb. 12 in B.C.

Supreme Court. Canadian authorities charged him in 2014, but Coban first had to face criminal charges unrelated to Todd's case in The Netherlands. He was serving a sentence for cyberbullying at the time of his extradition, the CBC reported. Todd was 15 when she killed herself in 2012, when her suicide drew international headlines because of a YouTube video she posted before her death in which she used handwritten cards to describe the online torment she had faced.