Police Got a Username Based on Skyrim Wrong and Sent an Innocent Man to Prison: “A Subtle Mistake That Changed the Course of My Life”
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A Nova Scotia man, Brandon Klayme, was wrongly convicted and jailed after police matched the wrong Kik username.
The mistake came from missing a single underscore in a username tied to alleged child pornography content.
He spent 18 months in jail before his lawyer spotted the error on appeal.
The court later acquitted him and vacated the case, underscoring risks in digital evidence verification.
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