Mairead Philpott describes moment she is told of children's deaths

Mairead Philpott tells a court that when doctors told her, her six children had died she felt 'like my insides had been ripped out.'

She tells a court that after their deaths, the hospital gave her footprints of the children and cuts of their hair to remember them by.

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Mairead Philpott appeal

Derbyshire Police refuse to comment on reports that Mairead Philpott will appeal her 17 year sentence for the deaths of her six children in a house fire in Derby.