A Halifax man spent 18 months in prison for a crime he didn’t commit because authorities misread his Skyrim-inspired username. As reported by CBC News, Brandon Klayme was arrested in February 2020 by Halifax police in relation to an investigation by Wisconsin authorities into an individual who was exchanging sexually explicit messages with a 12-year-old girl. […]
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Innocent Halifax man spent 18 months in jail over Skyrim username mix-up
A Halifax man spent 18 months in prison for a crime he didn’t commit because authorities misread his Skyrim-inspired username. As reported by CBC News, Brandon Klayme was arrested in February 2020 by Halifax police in relation to an investigation by Wisconsin authorities into an individual who was exchanging sexually explicit messages with a 12-year-old girl. […]
