Kenyan Cult Leader Sentenced to 200 Years for Starving Followers to Death
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Paul Mackenzie, leader of the Good News International Ministries, was sentenced to 200 years in prison for the murder of 191 people, including 190 children and one adult. Mackenzie convinced his followers to fast until death to 'meet Jesus', leading to the discovery of hundreds of bodies in mass graves in the Shakahola forest. He was found guilty of murder by starvation and direct homicide.
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