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Rex Martinich

Boss tells murder trial of hard worker's 'brainwashing'

Brendan O'Donnell said he was concerned for his employee and friend when he joined The Saints. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS)

The boss of a father accused of his daughter's murder feared his hard-working employee and friend had been "brainwashed" by a fringe Christian group, a judge has heard.

Eight-year-old Elizabeth Struhs died at the family home in Toowoomba, west of Brisbane, on January 7, 2022, after her parents and 12 others allegedly withheld her life-saving insulin for six days while they gathered around her in prayer.

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