Ahmed Mansour was sentenced to life in prison for a crime that was committed in January of 2014 after an Egyptian military court found him and 115 other guilty of killing 3 people and destroying public and private property. Mansour was 16 months old at the time of his alleged involvement in this crime which took place during a demonstration supporting former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi .
Father on the run
Father on the run
When the police first came to arrest Ahmed in early 2014 and realized he was a toddler, they took his father -- Mansour Qorany Sharara -- instead.
Sharara was detained for four months before a judge released him.
Lawyers of other defendants in the case had shown the court Ahmed's birth certificate in hopes of discrediting the investigations that led to their clients' arrests.
Trusting justice
The guilty verdict that came out on February 16 caused an uproar.
"How could people trust justice if they see this?" TV presenter Wael El-Ebrashy said as he interviewed Sharara on Saturday.
Ahmed was sleeping as his father held him and cried, pleading for help during the interview. Sharara said he was worried his son would be imprisoned.
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