OKLAHOMA CITY — A jury has been selected in the trial of a 20-year-old Oklahoma man accused of sexual misconduct with children at an orphanage in Kenya.
U.S. District Judge David Russell said Tuesday after the 12-member jury and three alternate jurors were selected that opening statements and evidence will begin in the trial of Matthew Lane Durham on Wednesday.
Durham has pleaded innocent to 17 counts of sexual misconduct including aggravated sexual abuse and engaging in illicit sexual conduct in foreign places.
Durham is accused of engaging in sex acts while working as a volunteer at the Upendo Children's Home in Nairobi, Kenya, which specializes in assisting neglected children. He faces life in prison if convicted.