Kenyan death cult leader sentenced to 200 years in prison for murdering 190 children
A Kenyan court sentenced cult leader Paul Mackenzie on Friday to 200 years in prison for the murders of 190 children starved to death on his orders and buried in a forest, among 500 suspected victims of one of the deadliest cult-related mass killings of modern times. The sentence comprises 100 years for murder by starvation and 100 years for direct homicide, Justice Diana Kavedza said, reading…
Kenyan court sentences Paul Mackenzie, leader of a Christian cult, to 200 years in prison for the murder of 190 children and one adult. The 200-year sentence includes 100 years for starvation-induced murder and another 100 years for direct homicide, according to Justice Diana Kavedza. Prosecutors allege that Mackenzie instructed his followers to starve themselves and their children to death to join him in heaven before the end of the world.
His accomplices reportedly threatened and beat victims to ensure compliance. The victims' bodies were found in shallow graves and latrines, some buried alive. Mackenzie, who denied the charges, did not react as the judgment was read. Twenty-eight accomplices received sentences ranging from 10 to 160 years. The case came to light in April 2023 when police discovered bodies in Shakahola Forest near Malindi.
The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights estimates that 448 bodies were found in total, with Mackenzie also accused of ordering the killings of 52 people elsewhere.
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