Kenya: Paul Mackenzie and 28 co-accused found guilty of 191 murders
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on L’essentiel
A court in Mombasa found Paul Mackenzie and 28 co-accused guilty of murdering 190 children and one adult who died in a sect that advocated fasting to “meet Jesus”. Judge Diana Kavedza Mochache rejected the defence that the victims had fasted voluntarily, three years after the first bodies were discovered in Kenya.
Judge Diana Kavedza Mochache found self-proclaimed preacher Paul Mackenzie and 28 co-accused guilty of murdering 191 people, including 190 children, in Kenya. The verdict was delivered on 19 October by the Mombasa court, according to L’essentiel.
The victims belonged to a sect whose followers were encouraged to starve themselves to death to “meet Jesus”. The judge said the prosecution had established the guilt of all 29 defendants for the murders of the children and one adult.
The verdict had been awaited in the trial of Paul Mackenzie and his co-accused, who were prosecuted in the Shakahola massacre case. The hearing had been announced on 19 October in the Shakahola massacre trial.
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