An Egyptian court sentenced a four-year-old boy to life in prison for murder last week. 

Four-year-oldAhmed Mansour Qurani Sharara was convicted alongwith 115 others allegedlyin connection to a violentprotest by Muslim activists in January 2014. At the time of the incident, Ahmedwas less than twoyears old.

The violent uprising, which was organized by an Islamic organization known as "The Muslim Brotherhood," resulted in 3 deaths and the destruction of public and private property. 

As a result, 115 protesters were all given life sentences at a military court in Cairo. 

One of the names on the list was "Ahmed Mansour Qurani Sharara," a 16-year-old with the same name as 4-year-old Ahmed. 

At the time of his conviction, the military court refused to accept the case of mistaken identity, the Egypt Independent reports.

The court ignored Ahmed's birth certificate as proof and instead detained his father, Mansour Qorany Sharara,  for four months pending an investigation into the case.

The boy's father,Mansour Qurany Ahmed,appeared on anEgyptian talk show to discuss his son's sentence.

In an emotional plea for help, Mansour sobbed, "Nobody take my son away from me."

At the time of this post, the status of thecase is not immediately clear.

Joe Stork, deputy director of Human Rights Watch and expert on human rights issues in the Middle East and North Africa says, "This case exemplifies the banality of repression in Egypt today. Police, prosecutors, and judges aren't even bothering to check basic facts as they rush to pack defendants off to prison."