Lanterns for Philpott children
Lanterns were lit in Derby on Sunday in remembrance of the six Philpott children who were killed in a house fire started by their father. The house is be demolished, councillors have announced yesterday.
Lanterns were lit in Derby on Sunday in remembrance of the six Philpott children who were killed in a house fire started by their father. The house is be demolished, councillors have announced yesterday.
The Judge tells Mick Philpott: "You were obsessed with Lisa Willis...It is plain that you still are obsessed with Lisa Willis"
Mairead Philpott is sat listening looking distraught in the dock
The Judge is recounting Heather Kehoe's evidence about Mick: "Charming, domineering, always in control."
She says: "You did not care" that Mairead was hurt when Lisa Willis moved in. You bark orders and they obey, you were kingpin and no one else matters."
Mick Philpott stuck two fingers up in court as the Judge told him he was a "disturbingly dangerous man" and would be sent to jail for life.
Speaking exclusively to ITV News, Dawn Bestwick said jail wasn't good enough for MIck Philpott and that "as a coward" he "deserved to die".
The judge has delayed her sentencing to "reflect further" on the trial Mick and Mairead Philpott and friend Paul Mosley.