Dutch court orders Amanda Todd’s extortionist to serve 6 years of 13-year B.C. term

Authorities in the Netherlands have reduced the sentence a Canadian court previously laid against a Dutch man in connection to the death of a Canadian teenager.

Aydin Coban, a Dutch man who was extradited to Canada for harassing a B.C. teenager who later took her own life, was given a sentence of 13 years.

Thursday, that sentence was reduced to six years. His lawyer says he plans to further appeal the decision to the Dutch Supreme Court.

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In 2012, B.C. teenager Amanda Todd took her own life at the age of 15 following a self-made video she published describing harassment and extortion that she was facing online.

The case grabbed international attention when it was made known that her harasser, Aydin Coban, aged 44 or 45, lived outside of the country.

Canadian and Dutch authorities extradited Coban from the Netherlands to Canada where he faced trial in connection to Todd’s death.