September is a critical month for preacher Paul Mackenzie as the court prepares to deliver a verdict in his Shakahola Forest massacre trial.

• Mackenzie faces murder charges in the deaths of 191 children.
• The trial involved extensive legal and theological arguments from both the prosecution and the defence.
• The prosecution seeks a guilty verdict, citing forensic evidence of starvation as the cause of death and Mackenzie's role in promoting a doctrine of fasting to death.
• The defence argues for acquittal, emphasizing the need for proof beyond reasonable doubt and rejecting the prosecution's claims of common intention.