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Group believed eight-year-old girl ‘would rise from diabetes death’, court hears

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An eight-year-old girl watched "joyously" as her father was baptised into a faith that would soon convince him to fatally withhold medical care and await her resurrection, a judge has heard.Elizabeth Struhs died at the family home in Toowoomba, west…[Continue Reading...]

Elizabeth Struhs death: Harrowing final days of Toowoomba girl after she was refused lifesaving medication by her parents and The Saints cult members

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An eight-year-old girl suffered 'for days' after members of a faith-healing religious group – including her parents – allegedly withheld her lifesaving insulin medication. Fourteen members of the religious group, known as The Saints, are on trial in Brisbane Supreme…[Continue Reading...]

Shakahola Cult Trial Witness Breaks Down Narrating Heartbreaking Tale in Mackenzie Case

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Shanzu Senior Principal Magistrate Leah Juma was compelled to adjourn the testimony of a key witness in the trial against suspected cult leader Paul Mackenzie in Mombasa. The witness, a senior consultant surgeon, provided an emotional recount of the profound…[Continue Reading...]

Mackenzie lured victims on social media, promised them land before killing them – Court told

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Controversial preacher Paul Mackenzie leveraged technology and social media to lure victims into the Shakahola forest where they were massacred, a witness has told the court. According to a statement by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP),…[Continue Reading...]

Doomsday cult leader Paul Mackenzie goes on trial after deaths of over 400 followers in Kenya

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The leader of a doomsday cult in Kenya went on trial on Monday on charges of terrorism over the deaths of more than 400 of his followers in a macabre case that shocked the world. Self-proclaimed pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie…[Continue Reading...]

Kenya cult leader faces terrorism charges after 400 killed in ‘Shakahola forest massacre’

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The leader of a Kenyan doomsday cult went on trial on Monday on charges of terrorism over the deaths of more than 400 of his followers in a macabre case that shocked the country and the world. Self-proclaimed pastor Paul…[Continue Reading...]

Shakahola massacre: What to expect as Paul Mackenzie faces witnesses in terrorism case

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Suspected Kilifi cult leader Paul Mackenzie is this week expected to start facing witnesses in a case in which he and 93 others are accused of terror-related offences. Among those lined up to testify against Mackenzie from Monday, July 8,…[Continue Reading...]

Faith healing parents arraigned on charges they failed to help sick newborn who died

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An Oregon City couple whose baby suffered from jaundice and later died were arraigned Monday in Clackamas County Circuit Court on charges that they withheld basic medical care from the boy. Blair Edwards , 35, and Taylor Edwards, 30, are…[Continue Reading...]

COURTROOM INSIDER | Daybell presiding juror speaks out in emotional interview

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Tonight on ‘Courtroom Insider,’ the presiding juror in Chad Daybell’s case speaks out. Hannah had actually been excused from the final group of jurors until another finalist said she no longer lived in Ada County. That’s when Hannah was told…[Continue Reading...]

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