Esther Arunga, the darling whose trial in Australia has captivated the nation, has been sentenced to 10 months in jail over her son's murder.

On Monday, Arunga admitted to misleading police in order to help her husband escape punishment.

Arunga's three-year-old son died as a result of blunt force trauma to his abdomen has admitted misleading police after his death.

Sinclair Timberlake suffered fatal injuries at his family home at Kallangur, north of Brisbane, on June 2014.

His father and former Kenyan presidential candidate Quincy Timberlake was charged with his murder.