Two bereaved parents and 12 fellow members of an Australian religious congregation accused of killing an 8-year-old girl by withholding her diabetes medication have been found guilty of her manslaughter.Elizabeth Rose Struhs died in 2022, at her family’s home in Toowoomba in Queensland state after s

Elizabeth Rose Struhs died on Jan. 7, 2022 at her family’s home in Toowoomba in Queensland state after six days without her prescribed insulin shots for type-1 diabetes.

Her father, Jason Richard Struhs, 53, and the leader of the family’s religious group called “The Saints,” Brendan Luke Stevens, 63, had been charged with the more serious crime of murder, but Queensland Supreme Court Justice Martin Burns found both guilty of her manslaughter.

Burns also found another 12 members of the congregation, including the victim’s mother, Kerrie Elizabeth Struhs, 49, and the victim’s bother Zachary Alan Struhs, 22, guilty of manslaughter. No one charged escaped conviction.

  • stoly@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 day ago

    Type I diabetes is different than type II. With I you produce no or insufficient insulin. With type II your diet has made you incapable of producing quite enough. It’s of no surprise to me that someone with diabetes bad enough that they are receiving injections by the age of 9 could collapse that quickly.