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Rita Khatri was sentenced in court on Oct. 14 after she doused herself and her 7-year-old son in kerosene and lit their kitchen on fire

The incident occurred on June 26, 2024, and her son survived by calling the police and running outside to ask for additional help after his mother hung up the call

"Mommy, I don't want to die," he was heard saying in a recording of the call

A mother was sentenced to four years and eight months jail time after dousing herself and her 7-year-old son in kerosene before lighting her kitchen on fire in what the courts have ruled was an act of "desperation."

On Tuesday, Oct. 14, Rita Khatri, 36, appeared in Victoria’s Supreme Court where she was given her sentence, according to Herald Sun and The West Australian .

Khatri had previously

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