Kenyan doomsday sect leader jailed for 200 years over 191 murders
Summary
A Kenyan court sentenced Good News International sect leader Paul Mackenzie to 200 years in prison for the murders of 190 children and one adult. Prosecutors said he directed followers to starve themselves and their children, while accomplices threatened and beat victims; investigations into more than 200 additional deaths continue.Key Facts
- The sentence includes 100 years for murder by starvation and 100 years for direct homicide.
- A court in Mombasa found Mackenzie guilty two weeks before sentencing.
- Authorities have recovered more than 400 bodies from the Shakahola forest; only 26 could be identified.
- Police arrested Mackenzie in 2023 after a tipoff and began systematic searches and exhumations in the forest.
- Police said authorities closed Mackenzie’s church in 2019, and he then relocated to the forest.
- The court heard that some children were isolated and denied food while their parents watched.
- Mackenzie faces other charges, including terrorism, and has denied them.
- Prosecutors allege Mackenzie directed the deaths of 52 people in Kwa Binzaro village; he has pleaded not guilty in that case.
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