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An Egyptian court has sentenced a four-year-old boy to life in prison for committing murder when he was aged just one.
Ahmed Mansour Karmi was not in court on Tuesday when he was convicted of four counts of murder, eight of attempted murder, one vandalisation of property and another count of threatening soldiers and police officers - all before his second birthday.
Ahmed was one of 115 defendants who were all handed life sentences at the same time at the court in western Cairo for crimes allegedly committed in early 2014.
His defence attorney, Faisal al-Sayd, told the Jerusalem Post the childs name had been added to the list by mistake but the court did not pass Ahmeds birth certificate on to the judge to prove he was born in September 2012.
He said: "The child Ahmed Mansour Karni's birth certificate was presented after state security forces added his name to the list of accused, but then the case was transferred to the military court and the child was sentenced in absentia in an ensuing court hearing.
"This proves that the judge did not read the case".
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marble falls
(57,150 posts)its that simple.
KentuckyWoman
(6,690 posts)Car accident - drunk driver killed the baby in the back seat and put the 2 parents in drug induced comas for several months.
Someone typed up the paperwork for the court with the murdered victim's name in the accused spot and vice versa. So when the accused listed on the charge did not show in court..... or so they thought..... The public defender nor the judge paid any attention..... by some process that was never really explained the accused murderer walked out of court not to be missed for 5 weeks.
Eventually the parents of the victim were well enough to start making inquiries on the end result and were horrified. They ended up firing the typist who made the original mistake. Not a peep about the fact they had a 2 yr old listed as a murderer.
Judge got voted out next go round. I expect this guy in Egypt will eventually be put out to pasture too.