Dutch man charged in Amanda Todd case allegedly targeted 2nd Canadian child

The Dutch man accused ofcyberbullyingB.C. teen Amanda Todd is also charged with targeting a second Canadian victim, prosecutors in the Netherlands revealed Wednesday.

AydinCoban, 38,is currently being tried in Europe on charges in relation to alleged abuse of34 other young girls and five gay men.

On the first day of the trial, spokesman WimdeBruin confirmed that at least one of those alleged victims was Canadian, aside from Todd.

Coban's alleged victims live in countriesincludingthe Netherlands, Australia, Norway, the U.K. and the U.S., according to the Dutchprosecution office.

Charges against him include blackmail, co-perpetration of rape, attempted rape and seduction. He's also accused of several crimes related to child pornography, according to a court summary.

The details of those cases have not been released.

Coban is facingfive separate chargesin Canada in relation to the Todd case, including possession of child pornography and extortion.

He'sset to be extraditedforthat trial after the Dutch proceedings conclude, although he's appealed to stay in the Netherlands.

CBC News has reached out to theRCMPfor more information about the alleged second Canadian victim.

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Dutch prosecutors allege Cobanused a variety of online aliases on online chat sites to portray himself as a woman in order tocommit his crimes. He allegedlybefriended teen girls and boys as he prowled the internet hunting for victims.

He would persuade them to strip in front of their webcams and then take picturesto blackmail them, according to prosecutors.

Coban denies all of the charges.

Stalking Amanda: The Man in the Shadows

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The name of Amanda Todd became synonymous with cyber-bullying and loss after the B.C. teenager committed suicide. Mark Kelley of the fifth estate reveals the never before told story of her accused online stalker, the global police hunt for him and troubling questions about why the suspect wasn't stopped before Amanda took her own life.

Todd, who lived in PortCoquitlam, B.C., drew global attention to online abusewhen she posted aYouTubevideo recounting her ordeal in 2012.

The 15-year-oldcommitted suicide a few weeks later.

Carol Todd, Amanda's mother, plans to attend the Dutch trial and is scheduled to leave Vancouver on Feb. 4.

"It's become more real," she said, noting that court proceedings have been postponed several times.

"It'sa good feeling [that the trial is underway], but it also brings back a lot of memories and emotions. it's not easy."

She thinks seeing the accused in person will bepart of the "healing process."

"Amanda never saw who he was I feel that this is the right thing," she said.

Toddbrought the problem of cyberbullying to mainstream attention in Canada and around the world in 2012, after she told her story through a YouTubevideo.

Using handwritten signs, she describedhow she was lured by a stranger to expose her breasts on a webcam.

The picture ended up on a Facebook page made by the stranger, to which her friends were added. Todd said shewas repeatedly bullied despite changing schools before finally taking her own life.