criteria query returns wrong number of objects for one-to-many relationships, multiplied by number of associated instances

For this mapping to subclassed objects (Links)
Container_class
@OneToMany(cascade=CascadeType.ALL, fetch=FetchType.EAGER)
@IndexColumn(base=1, name="item_position")
@JoinColumn(name="cnt_id", nullable=false)
@ForeignKey(name="cnt_inlk_fk")
public List<AbstractLink> getLinks() {
return links;
}

When only one object is created with 3 links, and then DB is queried via Criteria
cList = s.createCriteria(Container.class).list();

the result contains 3 objects, should be one.

Please see attached reprocase
mvn test
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