Why did philpotts kill children

A year later Philpott appeared on the Jeremy Kyle show to defend his lifestyle and insisted he had undergone a vasectomy. Then 21, he attacked his former girlfriend, 17, with a knife as she lay in bed after ending their relationship.

Philpott was jailed for life in April after killing six of his children in a fire when a plot to frame his ex-lover went wrong. The six victims — Duwayne, 13, his sister Jade, ten, and brothers, John, nine, Jack, eight, Jesse, six and Jayden, five — perished as fire swept through their home in Allenton, Derby. Mick Philpott hatched a plan with Mairead and Mosley to incriminate Lisa while posing as a hero who saved his children.

But the planned rescue went tragically wrong when he was beaten back by the flames as the blaze — started with petrol poured through a letterbox — got out of control in seconds. Mairead was freed in November from HMP Send in Surrey to a hostel in the south of England, where she will be supervised while on licence.

Her release was criticised by campaigners and the Conservative MP for Mid Derbyshire, Pauline Latham, who said she was seeking assurances that Philpott would not be returning to the area. Forensic expert Rebecca Jewell explained in the documentary that she was able to determine that the petrol found on the clothes of Mairead, Mick and their friend Paul Mosley was Shell petrol, the same petrol used in the arson.

Rebecca recounted testifying in court during Mick, Mairead and Paul's trial. She said: 'I didn't want to catch his eyes. I've seen suspects obviously every time I've given evidence, but that does remain, in my mind, as one of the most chilling stares that a suspect has ever given me.

The Philpotts married in and shared a cramped three-bedroom council house in Derby with his lover Lisa Willis and their children. Philpott led his wife and accomplice Mosley into a scheme to get a bigger council house by burning down his home and framing Ms Willis for the crime after she walked out on him.

He also hoped to win back custody of his five children who had recently moved out of the home. His intention was to rescue the sleeping children through an upstairs window but the plan went disastrously wrong after too much petrol was used and the fire burned out of control. In the days that followed the fire, Philpott began his elaborate ruse to appear blameless and even appeared at a press conference appealing for information.

During a fortnight of surveillance at the hotel where they were put up by police in May after the fire, the couple were heard whispering about the case, with Philpott recorded telling his wife to 'stick to your story'. They were charged by police on May 30 in connection with the deaths and Mosley was arrested in the months afterwards, having told a friend the plan had been for him to rescue the children. Police initially charged the trio with murder but downgraded this to manslaughter because while their actions were sickeningly reckless, the defendants had not intended to kill the six.

However, he was found guilty of the horrific crime at a trial in April and sentenced to life behind bars. The judge described the plot as 'a wicked and dangerous plan' that was 'outside the comprehension of any right-thinking person'. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. Argos AO. Privacy Policy Feedback. Pictured: Mairead Philpott is seen for the first time since being freed from prison less than halfway through her year sentence for killing her six children in a house fire Mairead Philpott killed her six children after burning down family home in Derby The year-old is 'delighted' at being given her earliest possible release date She left HMP Send in Surrey yesterday after serving eight-and-a-half years Pictured entering a halfway house where she will spend next three months By William Cole For Mailonline Published: GMT, 30 November Updated: GMT, 30 November e-mail 2.

Share this article Share. The Philpotts' devious plan to frame an ex for killing their kids The Philpotts married in and shared a cramped three-bedroom council house in Derby with his lover Lisa Willis and their children.

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Britons are fooled into thinking wine is better if it has a chateau on the label, We revealed last month how the killer mum was set to be released on licence halfway through her term. She had left him weeks earlier — having lived in the same house as him and Mairead — and taken her children with her. But their plan went tragically wrong as the three-bed council home was engulfed and Mick was beaten back by flames, leaving the children to perish.

He was jailed with his wife and their accomplice Paul Mosley, 53, in April for plotting the blaze. At Nottingham crown court, Mrs Justice Thirwall handed both Mairead Philpott and Mosley sentences of 17 years — and said they must serve at least half.

She gave father-of Mick — already notorious for living on benefits and boasting about having two live-in lovers on TV — a life term with a year minimum tariff.

Mairead Philpott — divorced Mick while in jail — was allowed to write sexually-charged letters to men from behind bars. If you had attended the funeral and saw those little caskets, it was heart wrenching.