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Man convicted of child sex crime by added _ char "Fus Ro Dah" Skyrim username
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Brandon Klayme's conviction for child sex crimes was overturned after it was revealed that police mistakenly identified him due to a single-character difference in a username. The investigation had targeted a user with a nearly identical handle on the platform Kik.
The error leading to Brandon Klayme's conviction came down to the difference between one underscore — a keyboard symbol used in email addresses or usernames to represent a space — and two, said Nova Scotia's top court in a decision released Thursday.
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