Paida

Danielle Carr-Gomm attended a Paida Lajin workshop at Cleeve House in Seend in October 2016 and was left “howling in pain” after she stopped taking insulin.

Duncan Atkinson KC, prosecuting, told the jury that the boy’s family had attended Xiao’s workshops on Paida Lajin, a self-healing therapy, in Hurstville, Sydney, which involved participants slapping themselves and each other, and fasting.

Most followers practice Paida Lajin in their own homes, slapping privately, but followers talk on and also go to group retreats.

Twelve civilians died in Mangolikene on the outskirts of Beni city in North Kivu on Thursday while another five were killed overnight in the Paida area, mayor Nyonyi Masumbuko Bwanakana told AFP.