Brendan Luke Stevens tells Queensland supreme court ‘we have chosen to walk with God’ and have no intention of fighting case by using law
Elizabeth Struhs, eight, died at her Toowoomba home in 2022 due to the withdrawal of her insulin, a court has heard.Elizabeth Struhs, eight, died at her Toowoomba home in 2022 due to the withdrawal of her insulin, a court has heard.The leader of a religious group accused of killing an eight-year-old girl by withholding her medication has claimed the trial was “religious persecution” and they acted reasonably under their faith.
Stevens said the group, who have refused to enter pleas, had been charged under legislation enacted by parliament and under the authority of King Charles, both of which were established from the word of God. “We don’t have any particular care amongst ourselves what the judgment is, we don’t come to fight the charge,” he said.
The crown prosecutor Caroline Marco earlier told the court the group did not believe in medicine and said Elizabeth had been “suffering for days” due to insulin withdrawal.Our Australian morning briefing breaks down the key stories of the day, telling you what’s happening and why it mattersShe alleged the religious group had aided or encouraged Elizabeth’s parents to lower and then stop her doses of insulin as the treatment came from doctors and was created by man.
Struhs found instead that Elizabeth had stopped breathing and died during the night after suffering escalating symptoms of diabetic ketoacidosis over the course of six days after he allegedly stopped giving her insulin.
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