Reuters reported that Paul McKenzie, the leader of a religious group in eastern Kenya, has been sentenced to 200 years in prison for the murder of 190 children.
Mackenzie had ordered his followers to abstain from eating and to deprive their children of food so that they would go to heaven before the end of the world.
The court sentenced him to 100 years in prison for murder by starvation and another 100 years for murder. 28 of his colleagues were also sentenced to prison terms ranging from 10 to 160 years.
Reuters has written that nearly 500 people are believed to have died in this incident.
