{"id":389271,"date":"2026-10-19T13:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T12:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/kenyan-cult-pastor-paul-mackenzie-in-court-to-face-judgement-bbc-news\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T13:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T12:00:13","slug":"kenyan-cult-pastor-paul-mackenzie-in-court-to-face-judgement-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/kenyan-cult-pastor-paul-mackenzie-in-court-to-face-judgement-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenyan cult pastor Paul Mackenzie in court to face judgement | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/Bm_RgKjeNb4\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Kenyan cult pastor Paul Mackenzie in court to face judgement | BBC News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Bm_RgKjeNb4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>A Kenyan judge has started to deliver a verdict in a mass murder case involving doomsday preacher Paul Mackenzie.<\/p>\n<p>Mackenzie and 29 of his followers are being charged with the murder of 191 people, all but one of them children.<\/p>\n<p>His cult is alleged to have forced children to starve to death so that they could &quot;meet Jesus&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>Mackenzie and the 29 others have all pleaded not guilty to murder, repeatedly insisting that nobody was forced to die.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our channel here: https:\/\/bbc.in\/bbcnews<\/p>\n<p>For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>#Kenya #Africa #BBCNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Kenyan judge has started to deliver a verdict in a mass murder case involving doomsday preacher Paul Mackenzie. 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