Mick Philpott
About
British criminal known for the house fire that killed six of his children on May 11th, 2012, along with the high-profile investigation and trial where he was convicted of manslaughter in 2013 and received a life sentence with a minimum term of 15 years. He was already tabloid famous prior to his crime for his benefits-funded lifestyle and unconventional household and for his appearances on television defending this lifestyle.
Before Fame
He had a violent criminal record long before national notoriety. He was convicted of the attempted murder of his teenage girlfriend and grievous bodily harm against her mother when he was 21 years old and he served a seven-year prison sentence. He returned to public attention in the mid-2000s when he demanded a larger council house to accommodate his wife, his live-in mistress, and many children. He set a fire at his family's home on Victory Road in Derby which six of his children, Duwayne, Jade, John, Jack, Jesse, and Jayden.
Trivia
He and his wife Mairead held an emotional press conference appealing for information days after the fire that killed their children, and the footage later became infamous once prosecutors argued the fire was started deliberately as part of a plan to frame a former partner.
Family Life
He was born in Derbyshire, England. He fathered a large number of children. He legally married Mairead Philpott, and for years they lived with his mistress Lisa Willis in a single household until Lisa Willis left in 2012.
Associated With
He had appearances on The Jeremy Kyle Show and in the ITV documentary Ann Widdecombe Versus in 2007.
