A Dutch man, who was convicted in British Columbia of charges including extortion and harassment related to a Canadian teenager who took her own life after he blackmailed her online, had his sentence cut Thursday by an Amsterdam court from 13 years to six.
bbbhltz ( @bbbhltz@beehaw.org ) 10•8 months agoToo little, too late.
YaBoyMax ( @YaBoyMax@programming.dev ) English10•8 months agoThe title here isn’t very good. He was previously sentenced to 13 years in BC, which was then replaced with a 6 year sentence in accordance with Dutch law.
I personally take the stance that the justice system should be rehabilitative above all else, but I honestly don’t see how someone like this can be rehabilitated. No normal person would be capable of committing such an unambiguously evil act, and it’s a shame he can’t be put away for life.
BlameThePeacock ( @BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca ) English14•8 months agoCoban was already serving an 11-year sentence in the Netherlands for similar crimes targeting 33 other victims when he was extradited to Canada, convicted, and handed the 13-year term.
He’s already been in jail for a while, and as far as I can tell, this new 6 years is added to the end of the current term he’s serving already.
Edit: Confirmed, it is added. The mother of Amanda is praising the Dutch court because this is the longest penalty they’re allowed to impose and it was more than even the prosecutor asked for.