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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Andrew Messenger

Elizabeth Struhs’ child protection case not ‘prioritised’ due to high workload, inquest hears

Elizabeth Struhs, eight, died in 2022 after being denied insulin by her religious parents.
All 14 adult members of the sect – known as the Saints – were convicted of eight-year-old Elizabeth Struhs’ manslaughter last year, including her parents, Kerrie and Jason, and the group leader, Brendan Stevens. Photograph: BBC

Elizabeth Struhs’ child protection case was not “prioritised” or worked intensively because the staff member assigned to her case was “very busy”, a coroner has heard.

The Queensland coroner’s court also heard the case worker may have been “overly influenced” by the presentation of Struhs’ “upper class home”, putting cases believed to involve a more immediate risk ahead of Elizabeth’s.

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