Where is Mick Philpott now and why did he kill his six children?

MICK Philpott was recovered blameworthy of manslaughter for his engagement successful the deaths of six of his children.

Along with his woman and a friend, helium orchestrated a sickening crippled to framework his ex and look similar a hero — but their evil program went devastatingly wrong.

Who is Mick Philpott?

Mick Philpott gained nationalist attraction successful the mid-noughties for fathering galore children by 5 antithetic women and generating a ample income done benefits.

He was criticised successful November 2006 erstwhile helium demanded a bigger assembly location aft getting some his woman and mistress large astatine the aforesaid time.

Philpott appeared connected the Jeremy Kyle show the pursuing year, wherever helium defended his behaviour and insisted helium had undergone a vasectomy.

His volatile temper was witnessed firsthand by former MP Ann Widdecombe successful 2008, erstwhile she stayed with him astatine his location for a TV documentary astir payment claimants.

In 1 of respective confrontations, Widdecombe called Philpott a "coward" erstwhile helium said helium would not talk to pensioners astir his beingness connected benefits.

He leapt up from his spot and squared up to the erstwhile MP, who backed away.

Philpott was calved successful Derby, England successful December 1956.

Attempted murder

In the precocious 1970s, helium was fixed a seven-year condemnation for attempted murder, and a five-year concurrent condemnation for grievous bodily harm with intent.

However, Philpott was released aboriginal aft serving conscionable implicit 3 years.

Then 21, helium attacked his erstwhile girlfriend, who was 17 astatine the time, with a weapon arsenic she laic successful furniture aft ending their relationship.

He past attacked her parent erstwhile she intervened.

Wives and partners

Philpott's archetypal matrimony was to Pamela Lomax successful 1986.

The mates had 3 children unneurotic — 2 sons and a daughter. 

In 1994, astatine the property of 37, Philpott met 14-year-old Heather Kehoe successful Rainworth, Nottinghamshire.

When Kehoe turned 16, she ran distant from her parents to unrecorded with Philpott.

They had 2 sons unneurotic earlier their narration ended successful 2000.

The aforesaid year, Philpott met 19-year-old Mairead Duffy, whom helium joined successful May 2003.

The pursuing year, helium met 16-year-old Lisa Willis, who became his mistress.

Both women lived with Philpott successful his assembly house, creating a somewhat unconventional surviving arrangement.

Children

Throughout his assorted relationships, Philpott fathered astatine slightest 17 children.

He had six children with Mairead.

Lisa Willis bore him 4 children, and helium besides had children from his erstwhile relationships.

In June 2017, 1 of his sons, Michael, revealed helium believed his dada is innocent, aft a occurrence astatine his father’s location killed six children.

In a clip from The Philpotts: Five Years On, which aired connected Channel 5 successful June 2017, Michael said: “There’s nary mode connected God’s Earth that my dada could person done that.

“I’m 100 per cent positive.”

The fatal fire

On May 11, 2012, a occurrence broke retired astatine the Philpotts' location successful Derby, resulting successful the deaths of six of Mick and Mairead's children.

The victims were Duwayne (13), Jade (10), John (9), Jack (7), Jesse (6), and Jayden (5).

The “distraught” mates held a property league wherever they shed crocodile tears.

However, investigators soon uncovered the information down the tragedy.

Motive

The occurrence was revealed to beryllium portion of a twisted crippled orchestrated by Philpott.

The motive was believed to beryllium an effort to framework his ex-mistress, Lisa, who had near him earlier that year.

Philpott hatched a program with woman Mairead and household person Paul Mosley to some incriminate Lisa and airs arsenic a leader who saved his children.

But the program to rescue the children went catastrophically incorrect erstwhile the blaze, which was started with petrol poured done the missive box, rapidly got retired of control, with Philpott being beaten backmost by the flames.

Lisa, who had been Philpott’s live-in mistress, near the household location with her 4 children a fewer months earlier.

A custody proceeding implicit the children was scheduled to instrumentality spot connected the greeting of the fire.

Conviction

On April 2, 2013, pursuing an eight-week trial, Philpott, Mairead, and Mosley were recovered blameworthy of manslaughter for the deaths of the six children.

Philpott was sentenced to beingness imprisonment with a minimum word of 15 years.

Mairead and Mosely some got 17 years.

Where are the killers now?

Philpott is serving his beingness condemnation for manslaughter at HMP Wakefield, West Yorkshire.

He volition beryllium eligible for parole successful 2028, but this does not warrant his release.

The determination volition beryllium made by the Parole Board based connected whether helium inactive poses a hazard to the public.

Mairead was released from HMP Send connected licence successful November 2020 aft serving fractional of her sentence.

Campaigners criticised her release, arsenic did Tory MP for Mid Derbyshire, Pauline Latham, who said she was seeking assurances that she would not beryllium returning to the area.

Her aboriginal merchandise sparked nationalist outrage, with galore feeling that her punishment was insufficient fixed the severity of the crime.

Mosley was released from situation successful November 2023 aft serving his sentence.

Like Mairead, helium was fto retired connected licence halfway done his 17-year sentence.

Psychological profile

Psychologist Glenn Wilson has described Philpott arsenic clinically a "psychopath".

He told ITV's Daybreak: "Clinically I accidental you would telephone him a psychopath — antisocial property disorder.

"There's a batch of narcissism arsenic well, a spot of an exhibitionist.

“He liked to look connected television, connected the Jeremy Kyle show.

"There was a documentary astir him and his super-dad performances." 

The Philpott Fire: A Very British Horror Story

Channel 5 documentary The Philpott Fire: A Very British Horror Story examines the tragic lawsuit of the occurrence that killed his six children and the monsters who acceptable it.

It provides an in-depth look astatine the events starring up to the fire, the investigation, and the aftermath of this shocking crime.

The documentary archetypal aired connected Channel 5 connected May 24, 2023, and is being repeated connected the transmission connected Wednesday, October 9 astatine 9pm.