No jail for ma whose kids died in fire

A still-shattered Bronx mom was spared any jail time Wednesday for the deaths of her two tiny daughters in a furious 2016 apartment fire after she left the pair alone to do laundry.

Haya Konte, 29, remained silent as Bronx Supreme Court Justice Ralph Fabrizio imposed a sentence both lenient and compassionate on her Feb. 7 guilty plea to criminally negligent homicide in the deaths of 2-year-old Jainabu and 18month-old Adama.

Bronx Assistant District Attorney Morgan Dolan, during the somber sentencing, noted the plea deal was approved by Konte’s ex-husband, father of the two dead girls. He did not appear at the hearing in a courtroom filled with heavy hearts.

“I have no reason to deviate from that,” said Fabrizio of the father’s position. “There was never a request for any jail sentence from the people, nor has any other judge in this case to my knowledge said they will impose jail sentence.”

As part of her plea deal, Konte (photo) will leave the United States and return to her homeland of Gambia with her lone surviving child. The baby daughter, seated in row two, interrupted the quiet court hearing at one point with a cry of “Mommy!” Konte declined to comment after the sentencing, leaving without a word.

The woman was four months pregnant when the April 13, 2016, blaze erupted in the family’s Butler Houses apartment, where her daughters were left alone on the third floor as incense burned.

The mom left her two girls to buy the children ice cream and put laundry into a dryer at a laundromat across the street. Then the blaze broke out and tore through the home, killing both her daughters as Konte stood downstairs watching smoke pour from the apartment.

The mom collapsed on the sidewalk after the badly burned bodies of her children were carried from the building.