Kenya convicts cult leader over the murder of 190 children
The leader of a Kenyan cult who instructed followers to starve themselves to death to reach heaven has been found guilty
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Doomsday sect leader Paul Mackenzie had denied ordering the victims to starve so they could 'meet Jesus'.
Kenyan court convicts starvation cult leader for murder of 191 people
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