The mother of B.C. teen Amanda Todd praised a Dutch court for sentencing a man, wanted in Canada for alleged online abuse, to nearly 11 years in prison for cyberbullying dozens of young girls and gay men.

“I felt a sense of relief that he was found guilty and that he got the maximum sentence that was possible,” Carol Todd said in a telephone interview from Port Coquitlam, B.C.

The court in The Hague, Netherlands convicted Aydin Coban, 38, on Thursday for fraud and blackmail via the Internet, according to a statement from the Dutch legal authorities.

It gave the Dutch citizen the maximum possible sentence of 10 years and eight months, “because of the devastating consequences his behaviour has on the young lives of the girls” in particular, and out of fear that he could commit new offences if released, the statement said.

Coban faces a separate trial in Canada for the cyberbullying of Amanda Todd, 15, whose suicide drew global attention to online abuse.

Carol Todd said it was “emotional but satisfying” to attend Coban’s trial for three days earlier this month, and see him face-to-face.

Amanda Todd brought cyberbullying to mainstream attention in 2012 by posting a video in which she told her story with handwritten signs, describing how she was lured by a stranger to expose her breasts on a webcam.

A photo ended up on a Facebook page made by the stranger, and her friends were added to it.

She was repeatedly bullied, despite changing schools, before finally taking her own life weeks after posting the video.

“People ask me if I am angry,” Carol Todd said. “I feel more sad that someone has to go to this extent to bring pleasure into their life — to victimize and torment.”

“I certainly hope that he gets some rehabilitation . . . and thinks deeply about what he has done,” she said.

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In the Dutch case, Coban pretended to be a boy or girl and persuaded his victims to undress for him in front of a webcam.

Once Aydin C. obtained the images, his tone became threatening, and he threatened to show them to parents, relatives and school friends if they did not do as told.

“This included performing sexual acts and in the end the girls became trapped in his web,” Dutch public prosecution service spokesman Lars Stempher told reporters during the trial.

He was accused of abusing 34 girls and five gay men, from Britain, Canada, Norway and the United States. In some cases, the abuse lasted years.

A Dutch court has approved Coban’s extradition following his trial in Amsterdam. He has appealed that decision and denies involvement in any cyberbullying. In the Canadian case, he faces charges including extortion, possession of child pornography and attempting to lure a child online.

Carol Todd said that seeing Coban face-to-face helped prepare her for the upcoming Canadian case.

“I definitely took a good look at him,” she said. “It actually empowered me — to go over and see him and hear him.”

She told Dutch broadcaster NPO last month that her daughter would have "wanted to be face-to-face with him, and tell him what his actions did to her. But she can't. So I'm going to be the one who is sort of standing up for my daughter."

Court in The Hague heard Coban used dozens of aliases including “Tyler Boo” and “Kelsy Rain.” He also had a computer program that fooled young girls into thinking they were chatting live to a girl of a similar age.

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Court heard investigators found some 204,000 images on computer discs belonging to Coban.

During the trial, Coban leaned back in his chair, his long, greying hair slicked back behind his ears, and ignored questions posed by the judge.