Egypt: Officials claim mistaken identity after toddler sentenced to life
By Sarah El Sirgany, CNN

Cairo (CNN)Family members of a 3-year-old Egyptian boy who was sentenced last week to life in prison say they feel relieved after receiving assurances from officials that neither the boy nor his father will be arrested.

The boy's father, Mansour Qorany Sharara, has returned to the family home in the southern Egyptian province of Fayyoum after nearly 18 months on the run. He had been avoiding authorities who had previously detained him when they came to arrest his young son.

In a surreal verdict, a military court last week found the boy, Ahmed Mansour Qorany Sharara, and 115 other people guilty of killing three people and sabotaging public and private property during a political demonstration in January 2014.

Full story: http://us.cnn.com/2016/02/23/africa/egypt-toddler-sentenced/index.html


-- CNN 2016-02-24

"mistaken identity" why not, and who can believe these scavengers

It is hard to believe that billions of American tax payer

dollars go to support this lunatic nation..... :-(

No problem,he'll only be 33 when he gets out.

What did the 3 year old do? Stamp his feet and start crying? Sounds like the "court" are the ones throwing the toys out of the pram - ?

What hope is there for justice under a regime with a mindset such as this.... It is beyond the pale.

And this is in the newly democratic post Mubarak Egypt, in its infancy... Scary scary stuff going beyond the blind leading the blind... And to where are they being led anyway?

Everybody please check your garden paths... Hobgoblins and orks are abroad this night.

What did the 3 year old do? Stamp his feet and start crying? Sounds like the "court" are the ones throwing the toys out of the pram - ?

Good questions and I agree with your sentiments.

I heard on BBC yesterday that the kid was tried in absentia, and his name was confused with that of a 16-year old boy. Yeah, a 16-year old.