Mistaken Username Sent Man to Prison for 18 Months, Court Finds
3 sources·Updated July 31, 2026
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- National Post World·13h agoHis online username was one character different from an alleged predator. He went to jail for it
Brandon Klayme of Dartmouth, N.S., spent 18 months in jail for a sex crime he didn't commit, after police mistook his online name for one with an extra underscore
Read at National Post World → - MobileSyrup CA·1d agoInnocent 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…
Read at MobileSyrup CA → - NYT World·1d agoMistaken Username Sent Man to Prison for 18 Months, Court Finds
An appeals court in Canada acquitted Brandon Klayme of child pornography-related charges. His Kik username had one less underscore than another account that was involved.
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