, her sister Emily and baby Ivy This comes despite crown prosecutor Ray Gibson telling the Supreme Court of Victoria on Monday that Hayes knew there were people in the house when she set it alight, reports the Daily Mail. She had previously been charged with three counts of murder and one count of arson. It remains unclear why Victoria's Director of Public Prosecutions Kerri Judd QC offered up the deal, which will see Hayes subject to a maximum penalty of 25 years in jail instead of a possible life sentence. Hayes did not appear in court, and instead was allowed to phone in from prison after crying through previous appearances. The remains of the devastating house fire in 2020 ( 9News) The sex worker had been called to the family's house by one of Mr Sohal's friends. The friend was using the couple's downstairs bedroom during the pandemic and had agreed to meet Hayes outside the property just after 2am that night - unb){kind=link}
Abbey Forrest, 19, Inderpal Sohal, 28, and their baby Ivy died after sex worker Jenny Hayes, 43, set fire to their house in Melbourne, Australia following a row with Mr Sohal’s friend, the court heard
A woman who lit a fire that killed a young couple and their newborn baby took photos of the blaze before leaving the family to die.
Abbey Forrest, 19, 28-year-old Inderpal Sohal and their daughter Ivy were asleep upstairs in their rented townhouse in Melbourne, Australia when Jenny Hayes set fire to a mattress in a downstairs bedroom.
The couple woke up but were unable to reach the front door due to the flames, and could not open the only accessible window because it was locked with a chain. All three died from carbon monoxide poisoning.
Almost two years on from the fire, which happened in December 2020, 46-year-old Hayes has – reportedly as part of a plea deal – been permitted to plead guilty to the charge of arson causing death as opposed to murder.