He was sentenced to seven years, with the judge warning that he was a dangerous man. But the flaws that made Philpott a larger-than-life character in his local area would also lead to his downfall. Days after the children's deaths, Philpott gave a tearful press conference where he acted like an "excited child" rather than a grief-stricken parent, raising police suspicions. In the aftermath of the fire on 11 May last year, detectives put the Philpotts and Mosley up in a hotel room that was bugged.
The trio were overheard checking their stories with each other. The crown alleged the fire was started with Philpott as the prime organiser in a plan to frame his former lover, Lisa Willis, who had walked out with their four children three months earlier.
Philpott had lived in the property with Willis and Mairead, who was the mother of the six children who were killed. He had sexual relationships with both women, alternating between the two. But Willis — who said she was kept a virtual prisoner by Philpott — walked out on him, taking her five children with her, in February last year. She had one child from a previous relationship.
The fire at the council house in Victory Road took place hours before Philpott was due to face Willis in court for a custody hearing. The jury heard how Philpott had spread rumours after Willis left that she wanted to firebomb the house, all part of his attempt to frame her for the fire. The plan was for Philpott to rescue his children and for Willis to be prosecuted for arson, the court heard.
In the days that followed the fire, Mick 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 the couple were put up by police in May after the fire, they were heard whispering about the case, with Mick being 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 children. Mick 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'. Mick and Mairead married in and shared a cramped three-bedroom council house in Derby with his girlfriend Lisa Willis and their children.
Mick led his wife and accomplice Paul Mosley into a scheme cooked up to get a bigger council house by burning down his home and framing Willis for the crime after she had walked out on him. He had also hoped to win back custody of his five children who had recently moved out of the home.
Mick had planned to rescue the sleeping children by climbing through an upstairs window but the scheme went disastrously wrong after too much petrol was used and the fire burned out of control. Mick, who had previously been jailed for stabbing a girlfriend 27 times, wove a web of lies in an attempt to get away with the crime.
He even plotted to 'get rich quick' from generous donations from the local community. During a fortnight of surveillance at the hotel where the couple had been put up by police in May following the fire, they were heard whispering about the case, with Mick being 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 following months, having told a friend that the plan had been for him to rescue the children.
Mick was found guilty of the horrific crime at trial and sentenced to life behind bars. Mairead Philpott was freed after serving eight and a half years but is subject to strong bail conditions which reportedly include not being allowed to contact her ex husband or to visit Derby. While living in the hostel, she has to comply with a curfew, drugs and alcohol tests and room searches. She is able to stay in the accommodation for up to 12 weeks while authorities and a charity help her to find somewhere to live and employment or education opportunities.
Philpott has reportedly expressed fears regarding both Mick and the former couple's accomplice in the fire Mosley. Mosley, 53, is nearing the halfway-point of his year term and is due for a parole hearing, meaning he could be released within months. Philpott marked this event each year by smashing the family's Christmas tree, the violence showing his anger at his children being taken away. Philpott was heavily criticised in the tabloid media in when he requested a larger council house to house his family, which then consisted of his wife Mairead Philpott, then aged 25, his mistress Lisa Willis, then 22, and four children born to Mrs.
Philpott, three to Lisa Willis, and Lisa Willis's child fathered prior to meeting him. The conviction for attempted murder was revealed at this time. After Willis gave birth to her fourth child by Philpott in , the press revealed that both she and Mairead Philpott were expecting babies, due in March Before their birth, Philpott appeared on The Jeremy Kyle Show in to defend his lifestyle, saying that he would like to marry one woman and divorce the other, to be fair, and added that he would have a vasectomy.
He appeared in a documentary, Ann Widdecombe Versus the Benefits Culture , in which the former Conservative minister Ann Widdecombe spent a week with him and tried to get him to change his lifestyle. Nancy Banks-Smith in The Guardian reported that she gave him "a large slice of her mind", but "decamped" rather than sleep in his caravan.
Widdecombe found Philpott three jobs, one of which was with a barrel-making firm, but he did not turn up for work on the first day and the job fell through. In the documentary, Philpott was shown to be living in a caravan in his garden, in which his wife and mistress would alternate in spending nights with him. Widdecombe said that Philpott did not care about anyone and that he called both his wife and mistress "bitch".
Widdecombe said she noticed that none of the children sought affection from him. He has had no further children as far as is known.
However, it was revealed during his manslaughter trial that Mairead became pregnant to another man while the couple were dogging, an activity in which they began to participate during Philpott instructed Mairead to have an abortion, which she did. In he was given a police caution for slapping his wife and dragging her outside by her hair.
A court hearing a week before the fire concerned a road rage incident during November in which he had punched another driver, for which Philpott had pled guilty to common assault, but denies dangerous driving.
At the hearing Philpott was bailed and was awaiting trial. Philpott and Lisa Willis became estranged in February , and she left to live with her sister and brother-in-law, along with her four children by Philpott and her son by a different father.
On the day of the fire, intended as a means of framing Willis to gain child custody, Philpott and Willis were due in court for a hearing over the children. On 11 May , the family's home at 18 Victory Road, Allenton, Derby, was seriously damaged by fire at around 4am. Five children—Jade 10 , John 9 , Jack 7 , Jesse 6 and Jayden 5 Philpott, who had been asleep upstairs—all died at the scene, while their half-brother, Duwayne Philpott 13 , died in hospital three days later.
In the days following the fire, the family's local Catholic church held memorial services. On 16 May, Philpott and his wife held an emotional news conference, in which they purported to describe the events concerning the fire. A book of condolence at Derby Cathedral was later signed by hundreds of people. Mick and Mairead Philpott, by then on remand on murder charges, were denied leave to attend. On 14 May, police stated that petrol had been found inside the letterbox, thus sparking a murder investigation.
Lisa Willis, Philpott's live-in mistress, had left the family home with her four children a few months before the fire, and a custody hearing for these children was scheduled to take place on the morning of the fire. Willis and her brother-in-law Ian Cousins were initially arrested on suspicion of murder, but were released without charge. Philpott behaved erratically for someone who had recently lost several of his children, according to witnesses, and appeared to like the attention.
The police bugged the Philpotts' hotel room, gaining evidence confirming the couple were responsible for the fire. Philpott and his wife were arrested on suspicion of murder on 28 May After seeking additional time for questioning, the couple were charged with murder on 30 May A discarded petrol container and glove had been found near the house, and in November the forensic investigators discovered that the clothes of the Philpotts and Mosley had petrol on them.
On 5 November , a year-old man and a year-old man were arrested on suspicion of murder. Later that day, the year-old man, Paul Mosley, was charged with murder. The other man was released without charge. Mosley appeared in court the following day. In December his charge was downgraded to manslaughter. Paul Mosley had previously been arrested in the enquiry and was released on bail in June He was re-arrested and charged when petrol was found on his clothing following further forensic examination.
In December the charges were reduced to manslaughter, as it was decided that Philpott and his wife had not intended to kill their children. The trial was held at Nottingham Crown Court, beginning on 12 February On 2 April, Mick and Mairead, along with Paul Mosley, were each found guilty of the manslaughter of the six children. Sentencing was due to take place on 3 April, but was postponed as the judge, Mrs Justice Thirlwall, wanted more time to consider the sentence. Philpott's prior criminal convictions, which had not been revealed to the jury, were disclosed at this point.
On 4 April, Philpott was sentenced to life imprisonment, with a minimum tariff of 15 years, and his wife and Mosley were each sentenced to 17 years of which they will serve at least half before any release on licence. As a result of the trial, Lisa Willis and her children were given a new legal identity, in order to protect them from being the subject of media attention. The Allenton house fire occurred on 11 May at 18 Victory Road, a semi-detached house in a residential street in Allenton, Derby, Derbyshire, England.
Five children died in the fire, while another later died in hospital. The parents of the children, Mairead and Mick Philpott, were later arrested and charged with murder, along with their friend Paul Mosley. In December their charges were downgraded to manslaughter. On 2 April , Mick Philpott and Paul Mosley were found guilty by unanimous verdicts, while Mairead Philpott was found guilty by majority verdict. The children were asleep upstairs in the house when the fire began, with their parents downstairs.
Their father, Mick Philpott, was reported to have made "valiant" attempts to save them. Jade Philpott 10 , John Philpott 9 , Jack Philpott 7 , Jesse Philpott 6 and Jayden Philpott 5 were all killed in the fire; post-mortem tests revealed the children died of smoke inhalation. Their brother, Duwayne Philpott 13 died in hospital two days later. Two adults suffered minor injuries in the fire, but have not been formally identified.
Police confirmed that the fire was started deliberately, with petrol underneath the letterbox, in an act of arson, stating that "Initial indications are that it was deliberately set and as a result six children have been unlawfully killed. A church service was held in memory of the children at the Catholic church of St George's in Littleover. A year-old man and a year-old woman were arrested on suspicion of murder, but were later released without charge following questioning.
Following the release of the pair Assistant Chief Constable Steve Cotterill said that "While I thank those members of the community who have come forward with information I am surprised by how few people have contacted us. Normally in cases of this scale more information is passed to the police I strongly suspect that there is someone out there in the community who knows more than we are being told.
The parents of the children, Mick and Mairead Philpott, were arrested on suspicion of murder on 29 May and charged with their murders the following day. On 2 April, Mick and Mairead Philpott, along with Paul Mosley, were each found guilty of the manslaughter of the six children. On 4 April, Philpott received a sentence of life imprisonment, and will serve a minimum of 15 years, while his wife and Mosley received 17 years imprisonment for their part.
Philpott said his council house in Allenton, Derby, was too cramped to accommodate his many children and he wanted the city council to rehouse them. The Philpott family first burst into public consciousness in after publicly demanding a larger council house. The tragic death of six of their children stunned the nation.
The couple were found guilty of manslaughter on April 2. The Philpott family hit the national headlines after Mick Philpott demanded a larger house for him to share with his wife Mairead, mistress Lisa Willis, and their children.
He said at the time he was frustrated that the council had failed to find him a house. He told the Derby Telegraph: "They always come up with the same excuses. They're just not good enough. I love my country, but at the moment I feel ashamed of it. I think the country is going down the pan. In the same year Mick Philpott appeared on 'The Jeremy Kyle Show' in which he revealed he was prepared to divorce his wife, marry Miss Willis, then divorce her simply so that she would not feel left out because she did not share the Philpott family name.
During his television appearance, Philpott also told show host Kyle that he was "very, very defensive" when it came to his family. Reacting to perceived criticisms people made of his life, he said: "Do they know me as a family, do they know my kids? I don't think so. My children are brought up properly. The programme led to him being dubbed "Shameless Mick" for his benefit claims and refusal to get a job. This event is said to be the catalyst of the fire. Lisa Willis and a year-old man are arrested in connection with the fire.
Miss Willis is later released by police with no further action taken. A pre-scheduled court hearing at which Miss Willis and Mick Philpott were due to discuss residency of their children is postponed due to the tragedy. Post-mortem examinations of the children were carried out by a Home Office pathologist.
Duwayne Philpott continues to fight for his life with his parents at his bedside at Birmingham Hospital. Derbyshire Police confirm the fire was started deliberately. Post-mortem examinations carried out over the weekend confirm Jade, Jack, Jesse, John, and Jayden Philpott died of smoke inhalation. A post-mortem examination reveals Duwayne died as a result of hypoxic ischaemic brain injury, the combination of inhalation of the products of combustion and the consequence of a cardiac arrest.
A tearful Mick and Mairead Philpott give a press conference, in conjunction with Derbyshire Police, to dozens of reporters. Detectives confirm that the seat of the fire was below the letterbox in the hallway of the house and that petrol was used as the accelerant. May An inquest into the children's deaths is opened and adjourned at Derby Coroner's Court.
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.
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