Kenyan preacher Paul Mackenzie was sentenced on Friday to 200 years in prison for the murder of 191 people, including 190 children, in a case linked to an apocalyptic evangelical cult.
He had encouraged his followers to starve themselves to death in the hope of meeting Jesus.
The sentence was handed down by Judge Diana Kavedza Mochache during an open-air hearing at the Mombasa court, in the port city of southeastern Kenya.
The court imposed a 100-year prison sentence for each of the 183 victims who died of starvation, as well as an equivalent sentence for the eight other victims who died as a result of acts classified as direct homicides.
However, as these sentences are to be served concurrently, they amount to an overall prison term of 200 years.
This case, which has deeply shaken Kenya, concerns the activities of an apocalyptic cult whose followers were driven to fast until death under the guise of religious beliefs.