AN EIGHT-year-old girl was left to die by her cult family who sang and prayed around her instead of providing lifesaving insulin. Fourteen of the religious fanatics, including her parents, have been convicted over Elizabeth Struh's death, after they believed "God would heal her".
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The three-family cult, from Toowoomba, near Brisbane, east Australia, has been found guilt of manslaughter after withholding insulin from the dying girl - who they had known had diabetes. The family formed a ring around her bed - singing and hallelujah-ing even after she had stopped breathing - expecting she would rise from the dead.
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Justice Martic Burns, handing out the verdicts, said Elizabeth's death was "inevitable" as the group refused any medical help during her six-day decline. He continued: “Due to a singular belief in the healing power of God which, to the minds of her parents and the other members of the Church left no room for recourse to any form of medical care or treatment, she was deprived of the one thing that would most definitely have kept her alive – insulin.".
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Her father Jason Stuhs is seen on police bodycam footage the day after Elizabeth died defending his actions and saying he is "happy for her". The deluded dad told Detective Sergeant Sharny O'Brien: “So on Monday, she decided she’d had enough, so I haven’t given her insulin since Monday.
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