“Fragments” of computer data cited by police cannot link a Dutch man to the harassment and extortion of British Columbia teenager Amanda Todd, says a defence lawyer.
Joseph Saulnier, representing Aydin Coban, began his closing arguments Tuesday afternoon by telling a B.C. Supreme Court jury trial they should convict his client only if they are satisfied of his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
“There’s limited information you can draw from a fragment of data, particularly in deleted space,” Saulnier told the jury. “In fact, there was often evidence that these fragments or files came from elsewhere.”
Coban has pleaded not guilty to extortion, harassment, communication with a young person to commit a sexual offence and possessing child pornography….