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Assault and kidnapping retrial for Word of Faith religious group leader set in North Carolina

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A North Carolina religious leader is set to face a retrial for assault and kidnapping charges after nine years.

An assault and kidnapping case against a leader of a secretive North Carolina religious group appears to be finally returning to the courtroom more than nine years after her first trial ended without a verdict. Word of Faith Fellowship leader Brooke Covington was first tried in 2017 on second-degree kidnapping and simple assault charges. Prosecutors […]

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