Kenyan pastor Paul Mackenzie convicted of murdering 190 children
The gist
A Mombasa court found Kenyan pastor Paul Mackenzie and 28 associates guilty of murdering 190 children and one adult.
Sentencing is set for Nov 6 in a case that led to calls for tougher rules on religious groups.
How it unfolded
- 2003Mackenzie establishes Good News International Ministries in Malindi, with branches later in Nairobi and along Kenya's coast.
- 2017He is arrested on radicalisation charges and later acquitted.
- 2019He is arrested over two child deaths at Shakahola and released on bail; his church and TV station are shut down and he moves to Shakahola forest.