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| Ex-US missionary jailed for abusing Kenyan orphans | Ex-US missionary jailed for abusing Kenyan orphans |
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| A former US missionary has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for sexually abusing children at an orphanage in Kenya. | A former US missionary has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for sexually abusing children at an orphanage in Kenya. |
| Matthew Lane Durham, 21, had committed "heinous crimes on the most vulnerable victims", the US court said. | Matthew Lane Durham, 21, had committed "heinous crimes on the most vulnerable victims", the US court said. |
| Durham targeted orphans while working as a volunteer at the Upendo Children's Home in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, between April and June 2014. | Durham targeted orphans while working as a volunteer at the Upendo Children's Home in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, between April and June 2014. |
| He is the latest charity worker in Kenya to be convicted of sex crimes. | He is the latest charity worker in Kenya to be convicted of sex crimes. |
| Last year, UK charity boss Simon Harris, 55, was jailed for more than 17 years by a UK court for abusing street children between 1996 and 2013 in the agricultural town of Gilgil in Kenya's Rift Valley. | Last year, UK charity boss Simon Harris, 55, was jailed for more than 17 years by a UK court for abusing street children between 1996 and 2013 in the agricultural town of Gilgil in Kenya's Rift Valley. |
| 'Worst nightmare' | 'Worst nightmare' |
| Upendo Children's Home founder, Eunice Menja, fought back tears as she read a statement at the court in Oklahoma city, saying that the sexual abuse carried out by Durham was "not only a betrayal of the Upendo mission but of the trust Upendo placed in him", the Associated Press news agency reports. | |
| "Matthew Durham defiled the children. Matthew has no remorse. After he got caught, he still denied [the charges],'' she is quoted as saying. | "Matthew Durham defiled the children. Matthew has no remorse. After he got caught, he still denied [the charges],'' she is quoted as saying. |
| Although Durham said he was innocent of the charges, he added that he was sorry that the accusations against him had damaged the orphanage. | Although Durham said he was innocent of the charges, he added that he was sorry that the accusations against him had damaged the orphanage. |
| "The Upendo kids do not deserve this,'' Durham said, AP reports. | "The Upendo kids do not deserve this,'' Durham said, AP reports. |
| Judge David Russell said Durham was the abused children's "worst nightmare come true", it reported. | Judge David Russell said Durham was the abused children's "worst nightmare come true", it reported. |
| The court also ordered the former charity worker to pay restitution of $15,863 (£11,000). |