The Ontario court justice who described a tweet by Gregory Alan Elliott as ‘homophobic’ amended his ruling on Friday to say the tweet should never have been attributed to him.

Elliott was arrested in 2012 on allegations that he harassed feminist activists Stephanie Guthrie and Heather Reilly for months through Twitter.

On January 22 all charges against him were dismissed, but in his ruling, justice Brent Knazan wrote that Elliott’s tweets were “obscene and homophobic in at least two instances,” despite not being violent or sexual in nature.

The scene on Friday was very different than the packed courtrooms and media frenzy that surrounded the case just over a month ago when Elliott was cleared.

In an out of the way courtroom, empty but for two Elliott supporters and court staff, Elliott’s attorney, Chris Murphy, argued that a tweet — which includes a reference to AIDS, uses a homophobic slur and was the basis of Knazan’s statements — was not written by Elliott and instead by a parody account.

The account was a virtual match for Elliott’s including the same picture and essentially the same spelling as his twitter handle, except it used only one “l” in the spelling of his last name.

Murphy asked the judge to correct references in his 86-page decision to the tweet, which was widely quoted by media, because it was incorrect and damaging to his client’s character.

Justice Knazan said there was no evidence the tweet was sent by Mr. Elliott and issued a correction saying, “Mr. Elliott never wrote homophobic tweets, used homophobic language or was homophobic.”

He also added that the tweet sent by the parody account could be considered “impersonation with intent to cause mischief,” which is a criminal offence.

Murphy lauded the judge’s assessment and challenged the Toronto Police Service to crack down on abuse on Twitter starting with the parody accounts that mimicked his client, calling it a “slam-dunk case.”

As for the correction, Murphy said he was pleased with the result and that the case was finally finished.

“Now my client can get on with living the rest of his life.”

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