Elizabeth Struhs trial verdict: members of Queensland religious sect guilty of killing of eight-year-old

Fourteen members of Toowoomba-based religious sect the Saints found guilty of manslaughter over the 2022 death of Struhs, who died of diabetic ketoacidosis due to the withdrawal of her insulin

Members of a Toowoomba religious sect have been found guilty of killing eight-year-old Elizabeth Struhs by denying her insulin in 2022.

Justice Martin Burns found Elizabeth’s father, Jason Struhs, and religious leader Brendan Stevens, along with her mother, Kerrie, brother Zachary, and 10 other adult members of the group, guilty of manslaughter.

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