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Sect leader convicted after girls found in trailer on US highway
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- Samuel Bateman is serving a 50-year federal prison sentence for orchestrating sex involving children.
- Self-proclaimed prophet Samuel Bateman has been convicted of child abuse in the US after girls were found in an unventilated trailer.
- He is already serving a 50-year federal prison sentence for orchestrating sex involving children.
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Samuel Bateman is serving a 50-year federal prison sentence for orchestrating sex involving children. (AP: Coconino County Sheriff's Office)
Self-proclaimed prophet Samuel Bateman has been convicted of child abuse in the US after girls were found in an unventilated trailer.
He is already serving a 50-year federal prison sentence for orchestrating sex involving children.
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