Australian religious group members convicted over death of girl with diabetes
The victim’s sister Jayde Struhs said the system had failed to protect the eight-year-old. Picture: Russell Freeman/AAP Image via AP
Two bereaved parents and 12 fellow members of an Australian religious congregation have been found guilty of the manslaughter of an eight-year-old girl by withholding her diabetes medication.
Elizabeth Rose Struhs died on January 7 2022 at her family’s home in Toowoomba, Queensland state, after six days without her prescribed insulin jabs for type-1 diabetes.
