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A woman admitted setting fire to her little girl during a voodoo ritual by pouring flammable liquid on her head and igniting it, scarring her body, prosecutors said.

Marie Lauradin pleaded guilty yesterday to first-degree assault in the horrifying assault on her then-6-year-old daughter at their Queens home in 2009.

The horrifying incident was part of voodoo practice involving a loa, or spirit, prosecutors say.

The judge indicated he’d sentence her to 17 years in prison; she also faces possible deportation back to Haiti.

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