Eight-year-old’s parents and 12 other members of Toowoomba religious group the Saints are responsible for her ‘slow and painful death’, judge says

A “dangerous, highly manipulative” Queensland religious sect leader has been sentenced to 13 years behind bars for the death of eight-year-old Elizabeth Struhs while her parents have been handed jail terms of more than 14 years each.

They are among 14 members of Toowoomba-based religious sect the Saints sentenced to prison in the Queensland supreme court on Wednesday after they were found guilty of manslaughter over Elizabeth’s January 2022 death by diabetic ketoacidosis.

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