Mother assessed as posing no immediate risk to others three weeks before Elizabeth Struhs’ manslaughter, inquest hears

Key points

• A correctional officer assessed Kerrie Struhs as posing no immediate risk to others three weeks before she and others caused her eight-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, to die, a Brisbane inquest has heard. The officer had no access to Kerrie's offending history.
• Kerrie was jailed for child neglect after failing to take Elizabeth to hospital for type 1 diabetes in 2019. Elizabeth died 22 days after Kerrie's parole release, from diabetic ketoacidosis, after her father stopped providing insulin at their Toowoomba home.
• Kerrie, Jason and 12 other adults were convicted of manslaughter last year. The inquest continues.