Kenyan cult leader sentenced to 200 years in prison for murder of 190 children
Mackenzie was convicted of ordering followers to starve themselves, a case tied to about 400 bodies exhumed from shallow graves.
- On Friday, The High Court in Mombasa sentenced Pastor Paul Mackenzie to 200 years in prison for his role in mass deaths linked to his religious cult.
- Mackenzie, leader of the Good News International Church, was convicted of murdering 190 children and one adult after ordering followers to starve to meet Jesus.
- While charges pertained to 191 deaths, authorities exhumed 400 bodies from Shakahola forest in what became known as the "Shakahola Forest Massacre."
- Although Mackenzie could have faced the death penalty, Kenya has not executed a prisoner since 1987, sparing him from capital punishment.
- The Good News International Church had operated since 2003 before Mackenzie was arrested in 2023 following discovery of bodies in shallow graves.
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Kenyan cult leader Paul Mackenzie sentenced to 200 years in prison for murder of 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 worst ceremonial massacres of modern times.
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