Kenyan Court Gives Two-Week Ultimatum for Charging Alleged Cult Leader

Paul Nthenge Mackenzie, accused of leading a starvation cult, may be released if not charged; 429 bodies found in cult's forest hideout.

Kenyan court threatens to release alleged Christian cult leader Paul Nthenge Mackenzie if the state prosecutor does not charge him within two weeks.
Mackenzie is accused of leading a doomsday cult where he instructed his followers to starve themselves and their children to death so they could reach heaven.
429 dead bodies have been found in the isolated Shakahola forest in eastern Kenya where Mackenzie and his followers were living, according to the office of the director of public prosecutions.
Many of the recovered bodies had died from starvation while others had signs of blunt trauma and strangulation, autopsy results showed.
Mackenzie is also serving a separate one-year prison sentence after being found guilty of operating a film studio and producing films without a valid license.