Kenyan doomsday cult leader locked up for 200 years over 400-plus deaths

The man who ran a Kenyan doomsday cult has been sentenced to 200 years in prison, according to The Associated Press. His following has been tied to the deaths of more than 400 people, a toll that ranks among the worst linked to a single religious movement anywhere.

The sentence lands as the stiffest possible answer to a case that has gripped Kenya for its sheer scale. More than 400 lives lost, and the person at the center of it all will spend the rest of his life behind bars.

Details beyond the sentence and the death toll have not been spelled out in the report. What is clear is the number: 200 years, and a body count above 400.

The case has drawn attention far beyond Kenya's borders, with the cult's death toll cited as a warning about how far followers will go when a leader's grip goes unchecked. For the families of the dead, the sentencing marks a legal endpoint — though not an answer to what was lost.