'My life was ruined by a typo'
I read this bracing myself for the usual kafkaesque story of somebody jailed for months or years on a groundless charge, going through endless sloppy trials, hysterical sentencing, and the predictable tragic consequences on career, relations, together with the trauma and abuse of being jailed.<p>But this case happened in the UK, not the US. After he was &quot;arrested&quot; this man appears to have spent a grand total of three weeks &quot;living with his mother&quot;. After these three weeks, his laptop was returned to him by the police and he had been cleared from all charges. However, he laments that &quot;because of what happened&quot; he&#x27;s suffering of PTSD and he&#x27;s unable to go back to work. That during the three weeks he was away, his younger son would cry. That the £60k compensation he received from the police for the mistake it&#x27;s not enough, since he &quot;didn&#x27;t even get two and a half years&#x27; wage&quot;. That he hasn&#x27;t had his day in court, and he needs the world to know he&#x27;s not a paedophile. The events happened six years ago.<p>I might be underestimating the impact on one&#x27;s life and mental health of this kind of things. But this story smells of trying to get a better deal or of some deeper personal issue.