A United States judge on Monday handed down a 40-year sentence to a former Christian missionary previously found guilty of raping children at a Kenyan orphanage. "These were heinous crimes committed on the most vulnerable victims," Judge David Russell declared in imposing the sentence. "He was their worst nightmare come true," the judge added in regard to Matthew Lane Durham, 21, who had claimed he was possessed by an "inner demon." Prosecutors said Mr Durham carried out the attacks during a 33-day period in 2014 while serving as a volunteer at the Upendo Children's Home in Juja. Five of the abused children travelled last year from Kenya along with orphanage officials to testify at Mr Durham's trial.
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