An Egyptian military court has reportedly sentenced a 4-year
old boy to life in prison after committing murders at the age of two. Ahmad
Mansour Karni was convicted in absentia of four counts of murder, eight of
attempted murder, vandalizing property, disturbance of peace and threatening
police officers.
It is thought that the prosecution made a mistake and
instead of writing the name of Sharara’s father, they confused his full name
with that of his son.
Defense Lawyer Faisal-a-Sayd was quoted by Jerusalem Post as
saying that the child’s birth certificate had been presented to the court but
the judge overlooked it. The boy’s father has also been remanded in custody for
four months of pending investigations.
“The moment they reached his home, the officers asked for
Mr. Karni but his father told them the suspect you’re looking for is a baby.
The officer thought the father was poking fun at him and dragged the father to
jail, keeping him in custody for four months of pending investigations. He was
later released when the judged realized he was innocent, “says Ahmed’s lawyer,
Mahmoud Abu Hurira.
Karni pleaded in an interview for authorities NOT to take
his son as he cried for justice. “I’m a poor helpless man, the son of this land
and I intend no harm to anyone but I have nothing to do with it, “ he cried. I
do not want anyone to take my son from me.”
Karni’s lawyer said the case proved “There is no justice in
Egypt. No reason. Logic committed suicide a while ago. Egypt went crazy. Egypt
is ruled by a bunch of lunatics.” Egyptian courts have increasingly been
described as laughable institutions after a blind man received a 15-year
sentence for shooting a police officer last year and charges against two Muslim
Brotherhood supporters were dropped after the court learned that the pair were
already dead.
A photo that was believed to be Karni was widely circulated
on social media but turned out to be false. The image was in fact of a
Palestinian boy whose home in the West Bank was raided by the Israeli army back
in 2013.
Source: Viral4Real, IBTimes
