Kenyan court sentences cult leader Paul Mackenzie to 200 years for Shakahola killings
A Kenyan court has sentenced doomsday cult leader Paul Mackenzie to 200 years in prison for the murders of 191 people, most of them children. The ruling was delivered in Mombasa and follows his conviction in October in the Shakahola forest mass killing case. The court said Mackenzie bore primary responsibility for ordering followers to starve their children to death.Justice Diana Mochache said the sentence was intended to send an unmistakable message that such crimes warrant the maximum penalties allowed by law. Prosecutors had asked for the death penalty, arguing that the scale of the killings and Mackenzie's lack of... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 06 Nov 2026 12:32 LONDON
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