FOG BLOG WORLD NEWS LOG: DUTCH PROSECUTOR RECOMMENDS SMALLER SENTENCE FOR AMANDA TODD EXTORTIONIST!

Dutch prosecutor recommends significant reduction in sentence for Amanda Todd extortionist A 13-year sentence a Canadian court handed to a Dutch cyber bully in a notorious case involving Amanda Todd should be reduced to four-and-a-half years in the Netherlands, a prosecutor in Amsterdam said Thursday.

Aydin Coban was convicted last year of extortion, harassment and other crimes in a case involving the B.C. teen, who was blackmailed to expose herself in front of a webcam. The 15-year-old Todd took her life in 2012, after previously detailing her ordeal in a YouTube video watched by millions around the world.

Coban was already serving an 11-year sentence in the Netherlands for similar crimes targeting 33 other victims when he was extradited to Canada to face trial in the Todd case.

Todd's mother, Carol, told CBC News on Thursday that she was aware his sentence from B.C. Supreme Court in October could be reduced in the Netherlands.

"Ultimately I would have loved to see the full 13 but any time ... that he will continue to be incarcerated is a good thing," she said. "I think that there will be a lot of upset and disappointed people out there because as we know Amanda's story has gone global."