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  PARENTS GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER      
  A Rbstafarian couple who refused to 
  allow their diabetic daughter to    
  receive modern medicine have been   
  convicted of manslaughter.          
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  They refused the insulin treatment  
  because of religious beliefs.       
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  Dwight Harris, 32 and his wife      
  Beverley, 33, of Radford,           
  Nottingham, had admitted wilfully   
  neglecting nine-year-old Nahkira.   
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  The couple were allowed bail by     
  Nottingham Crown Court while        
  reports are prepared.               
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