Polygamous sect leader who featured in Netflix documentary jailed for extra 24 years
- A leader of a polygamous sect has been handed an additional 24-year prison sentence on Tuesday after being convicted of state child abuse charges in Arizona.
- Samuel Bateman, 50, who is already serving a 50-year federal term for child sexual abuse offences, received the further penalty for transporting young girls inside an unventilated trailer.
- Bateman was the subject of the Netflix documentary series "Trust Me: The False Prophet".
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- A leader of a polygamous sect has been handed an additional 24-year prison sentence on Tuesday after being convicted of state child abuse charges in Arizona.
- Samuel Bateman, 50, who is already serving a 50-year federal term for child sexual abuse offences, received the further penalty for transporting young girls inside an unventilated trailer.
- Bateman was the subject of the Netflix documentary series "Trust Me: The False Prophet".
Sources: The Independent