Searching these devices produced no evidence relevant to the case. Nothing linked Klayme to the girl. No intimate images were found. Klayme did have a Kik account, but cops couldn’t even show that he had accessed the service during the period in question.
How was he convicted to begin with?
Because any missing images can be attributed to him deleting them, and there was a chain of evidence linking the kik account to his IP to his physical address, which was actually mistaken.
Mistakes happen but even then, convicting someone with that little evidence is pretty fucking egregious. He was clearly presumed guilty.
After this was pointed out, prosecutors took another look. They agreed that Klayme’s appeal should be allowed. Had the case been properly investigated, the court says now, evidence “would have identified an individual whose first name is Jay whose IP address appears to be in California.”
Apparently the prosecutor has no responsibility to ensure that evidence is real before arguing it in court?
Hopefully this guy at least gets some serious cash for this fuck up.
He’ll probably get a couple bucks per day he was in jail.
Is that a thing in Canada?
Searching these devices produced no evidence relevant to the case. Nothing linked Klayme to the girl. No intimate images were found. Klayme did have a Kik account, but cops couldn’t even show that he had accessed the service during the period in question.
And then they want us to follow the law. Fucking fascists.
Railroaded in so many ways, completely ruined his life, and MAYBE will get a pittance in “sorry we Fucked you over” money if he’s LUCKY.
Everyone involved in the conviction should spend the next 34 months in prison.
I hope he gets a huge payout for their negligence. Did they ever catch the correct guy? So many questions here sheesh.
Article states they linked the real username to someone named Jay from California
Oh derp. I must have skimmed that part. Well now I feel silly lol. Thank you!
Police were looking for a man using the Kik messaging service under the name “fus__ro_dah” (two underscores after “fus”), but they accidentally requested records for the username “fus_ro_dah” (one underscore after “fus”). This one-character difference led them not to the perpetrator but to a Canadian man named Brandon Klayme.
Talking of dangerous punctuation, this reminded me of the trial of Roger Casement who was hanged by a comma. The Incorrigible Irishman Who was Hanged by a Comma. Just like today supporting a different country or nationality is little protection if you are an enemy of the powerful
Real life Brazil movie
I guess my software development practices are more thorough than the police and prosecution and court here. Rechecking and reaffirming the chain of evidence at least once seems like a minimal baseline and due diligence. Especially when your actions have such a high impact on other people.
Surely the defense lawyer should have been able to spot it as well.
sick, absolutely infuriating
