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Mark Russell

Woman jailed over girl's drowning accident

Tamarah Eaton had a blood alcohol level of 0.297 when her kayak capsized, leading to a girl's death. (Jennifer Ennion/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

A NSW woman who was drunk when she capsized a kayak, causing a four-year-old girl to drown, has been jailed for at least 18 months.

Newcastle District Court judge Peter McGrath on Friday said Tamarah Eaton was a chronic alcoholic who drank a bottle of vodka hours before taking the young girl and a dog out in a one-man kayak to go fishing.

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