Elizabeth Struhs death: murder accused father agreed to testify against wife, trial hears

Jason Struhs said he had been ‘furious’ with his wife after discovering how seriously ill Elizabeth had become, Queensland court hears

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Months before Elizabeth Struhs died, her father testified against his wife in relation to a 2019 medical episode that left the Toowoomba girl in a diabetic coma, fighting for her life.

Audio recordings from a 2021 hearing, played in the Queensland supreme court on Wednesday, reveal that Jason Struhs gave evidence against his wife, Kerrie, in exchange for a lenient sentence after both were charged with failing to provide the necessities of life before Elizabeth was hospitalised for four weeks in 2019.

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