Kenyan cult leader sentenced to 200 years in prison for murder of 190 children
Mackenzie's accomplices threatened and beat victims to ensure they followed his orders. The emaciated bodies were found scattered in shallow graves and dumped in latrines.
A Kenyan court has sentenced cult leader Paul Mackenzie to 200 years in prison for the murders of 190 children and one adult in one of the worst ceremonial massacres of modern times. The sentence was handed down for murder by starvation and direct homicide, with Mackenzie denying the charges, claiming he did not force the victims to starve.
The victims were found emaciated in shallow graves and latrines scattered across Shakahola Forest near Kenya's Indian Ocean coast. The case has prompted calls for tighter oversight of religious groups in the country.
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