From our four part series Once Upon a Time in the Land of BookLikes, we shared a story about Gavin Hetherington, the author, who befriended the bullies to smear an enemy of his and in turn, was bullied and defamed by the very trolls he thought were his friends.  In the story, a passing peddler left a link to this article on both Evil Queen Shelby’s blog and our blog:

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Because of , which included a screenshot of his birth certificate (that we suggest is in his best interest to remove at this point from the public eye), the trolls have come to the conclusion that Gavin the author is not the same age as Gavin the thief.

But they’re wrong.

If you look at the title and date of the article above, it was written in May of 2010 when the old lady (who was the victim of the theft) was 89 years old.  She was, however, 88 years old when the theft occurred:

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Which means that the theft occurred in 2009.  Also, if you read the screenshot above, Gavin the thief was 17.  Therefore, in 2009, Gavin the thief was 17 years old.  Based on the information Gavin the author gave about his birthdate, he would have been exactly 17 years old in 2009.  So, he and the thief share the same age and coincidentally, the same location.

So, what are the chances there would be two different Gavin Hetheringtons exactly the same age and living in the same area of the world?

At first, we thought the chances would be very slim, but as it turns out after having done some research, the chances are very high.  We found several Gavin Hetheringtons of similar age living in the same area.

Also, and this is VERY IMPORTANT, we looked into the article’s story and contacted the people involved.  After following a long and arduous breadcrumb trail, we found that Gavin Hetherington the author IS NOT the same person as Gavin Hetherington the thief.

So, Shelby and her minions did indeed wrongly accuse Gavin the author of a crime he didn’t commit.

We feel an apology is in order.

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