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’
Kotaku | 30.07.2026 21:10
A man in Nova Scotia recently spent 18 months in jail after being convicted of possession of child pornography. There was only one problem. The username the entire case was based on, a reference to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, was wrong. It was off by a single underscore symbol. “A subtle mistake that changed the course of my life,” the man later wrote in the filings for his appeal.
