Australia - Abbey Forrest, 19, Inda Sohal, 19, Ivy Sohal, 3 weeks, Melbourne, murder & arson *arrest

[sunnybree]

Family of three perish in house fire. Arson suspected. https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/7news.com.au/politics/law-and-order/point-cook-house-fire-victims-identified-as-young-parents-abbey-forrest-and-inda-sohal-and-their-baby-ivy-c-1698035.amp

Woman arrested and charged with murder: Woman charged with murder following Melbourne house fire that killed three

NoCookies | The Australian

note there has been discrepancy so far in relation to the proper name of Inda Sohal in different media reports.

 

[FrostOwl]

December 2020:
Woman charged over fatal fire known to man staying with young family
April 2021:
Woman accused of murdering young Melbourne family pleads not guilty

 

[TootsieFootsie]

In earlier reports I was sure they said that it was two units , with the bottom unit occupied by a man who was visited by a sex worker.

 

[Marg from Oz]

When you look at the photo the whole building was gutted by the fire.

 

[FrostOwl]

In earlier reports I was sure they said that it was two units , with the bottom unit occupied by a man who was visited by a sex worker.

The April 2021 article mentions that the man rented a room downstairs, but it's not clear whether it was a separate unit or just a room in the townhouse. The area appears to be newly-built, I tried to find it on Google streetview, but it was just a building site when it was filmed.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

A lot of the ones being built now with the upper and lower story fully self contained and are rented out separately.

 

[ifindedout]

Guilty plea, sentenced in Nov. 2022

Melbourne woman jailed for 13 years for killing young family in house fire

www.9news.com.au

A Victorian woman who lit a deadly fire, killing a young couple and their 19-day-old baby, will spend at least eight years behind bars.

Jenny Hayes, 48, faced the Supreme Court in Melbourne on Friday [11 November 2022], where she learned her fate after pleading guilty to three counts of arson causing death over the December 2020 fire.

Abbey Forrest, 19, her partner Inderpal Sohal, 28, and their baby daughter Ivy died from carbon monoxide poisoning in the blaze, which Hayes lit in retribution after a man wronged her.

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Justice Elizabeth Hollingworth handed Hayes a 13-year jail term and she must serve a minimum of eight years before she will be eligible for parole.