Kenyan cult leader convicted over deaths of 191 people
A Kenyan Christian cult leader, Paul Mackenzie, has been convicted of the murder of 191 people, most of them children, following an organised system of forced fasting and abuse in Shakahola Forest. Mackenzie and about 30 co-accused were found guilty on Monday by the Mombasa High Court in one of Kenya’s most significant criminal cases involving the deaths of followers of a religious group. The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions said the court found that the deaths resulted from an organised system in which religious teachings and a strict hierarchy were used to direct and enforce…
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[Claude] All three reports cover the same conviction of Paul Mackenzie over the 191 deaths in Shakahola Forest, and none contradicts Report 1.
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