days in court listening to the phone calls that would prove crucial to the case. >> i am not lying to you. >> you do not want amanda to be harmed, because if you want her, you should pay the money. >> again, you have to relive it. >> yeah. it was empowered. the truth was being told. and there was a small part of me that actually felt sorry for him. >> compassion for him. >> yeah. >> adam's defense was that he himself had been taken hostage, and they had threatened him. >> in the end, his defense didn't work. the man known as adam was found guilty of kidnapping. for his crimes, he was sentenced to 15 years in a canadian prison, victory for amanda lindhout.