Amanda Todd’s mom urges more jail time for tormentor, as Dutch court mulls sentence

The mother of B.C. teen Amanda Todd, who was bullied into suicide by a Dutch national, says she’ll be “so angry” if a Dutch court doesn’t give him significant extra jail time on the basis of his Canadian conviction last year.

Judges at the Amsterdam District Court said Thursday they would rule in two weeks on the conversion of the 13-year sentence for Aydin Coban, who was convicted of the extortion and harassment of Amanda.

Mother Carol Todd, who was in Washington, D.C., to speak to a group campaigning against child exploitation, says the Dutch process is part of a “never-ending story,” a remark echoing a message held up by Amanda in a YouTube video describing her ordeal before she died in 2012.

She says the timing of the latest hearing, a week after Amanda’s birthday, has been difficult, but she will continue to raise awareness of online predators driven by “a mother’s love and a mother’s passion” to keep other children safe.

Coban was already serving an 11-year Dutch sentence for cyberbullying more than 30 other victims when he was sent to Canada to stand trial in the Todd case, on the condition he serve any sentence in the Netherlands.

Coban’s lawyers say he should get no extra time in a Dutch prison for the Todd case, while prosecutors say Coban should serve about 4 and a half years of his Canadian sentence in the Netherlands.