The parents of 8-year-old Elizabeth Struhs, who was denied insulin, have been sentenced in connection to her death alongside 12 other members of an Australian religious sect that claim they believed God would heal her.
Fourteen members of a small Australian Christian sect who deprived an 8-year-old girl of insulin in the belief that God had healed her – or would raise her from the dead – have received lengthy prison sentences for her manslaughter.
The parents of an eight-year-old diabetic girl in Australia who died after they denied her insulin for almost a week have each been sentenced to 14 years in jail for manslaughter. Elizabeth Struhs died from diabetic ketoacidosis,
The girl’s mother and father, the leader and other members of the home-based church were jailed for manslaughter.
The parents of eight-year-old Elizabeth Struhs, who died after her insulin was withdrawn, have been sentenced to 14 years in jail for her manslaughter.
A judge has jailed 14 members of a fringe Australian religious group over the "slow and painful" death of an eight-year-old diabetic girl who was denied life-saving insulin.
Elizabeth died after her insulin was withheld. Her body was found at her Toowoomba home, west of Brisbane, in January 2022.
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