Article 79JS1 Kenyan doomsday sect leader jailed for 200 years over 191 murders

Kenyan doomsday sect leader jailed for 200 years over 191 murders

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Carlos Mureithi in Nairobi and agencies
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Paul Mackenzie convicted over the deaths of 190 children and one adult after followers were ordered to starve themselves and their families

The leader of a Kenyan doomsday sect has been sentenced to 200 years in prison for the murders of 190 children and one adult in one of the world's worst cult disasters in recent history.

The sentence, comprised of 100 years for murder by starvation and 100 years by direct homicide, came two weeks after the court in Kenya's coastal city of Mombasa found the cult leader guilty of the crimes.

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