Kitchen fire erupts after Wollongong mum leaves kids home alone to visit boyfriend

Shannon Tonkin
Updated October 22 2019 - 9:43pm, first published 6:43pm
Jailed: The Illawarra mother sobbed as she was led downstairs to the cells below the courthouse to begin her sentence.
Jailed: The Illawarra mother sobbed as she was led downstairs to the cells below the courthouse to begin her sentence.

An Illawarra mother who left her children home alone in a house that later caught fire while she went to visit her new boyfriend in a neighbouring suburb has sobbed in court after being sentenced to six months behind bars.

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Shannon Tonkin

Shannon Tonkin

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