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Sect leader convicted after girls found in trailer on US highway

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According to ABC News, a polygamous sect leader already serving a fifty-year prison sentence has been convicted of child abuse. The conviction stems from the discovery of girls confined in an unventilated trailer he was transporting through Arizona.

Source: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-27/samuel-bateman-con...

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