Mick Philpott
| Michael Philpott | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1956 (age 60–61) |
| Criminal penalty | Attempted murder/GBH: 7 years' imprisonment; manslaughter: life imprisonment |
| Criminal status | Convicted (imprisoned) |
| Conviction(s) |
Attempted murder Grievous bodily harm with intent Assault occasioning actual bodily harm Common assault Manslaughter |
| Imprisoned at | serving a minimum of 15 years at HM Prison Wakefield |
Michael "Mick" Philpott (born 1956) is a British criminal who was found guilty of causing the deaths of six of his children by arson and was sentenced to life imprisonment for their manslaughter in April 2013. He had previously gained notoriety for his benefits-funded lifestyle and his polyamorous relationships.
Philpott featured in the media from 2006. This was a result of his large family (having fathered 17 children by various women), and his reliance on state benefits.
In May 2012 he featured in the headlines again, when a fire at his home killed six children, all but one of whom he had fathered. In April 2013, following an eight-week trial, he and his wife Mairead, together with their friend Paul Mosley, were found guilty of manslaughter. He is serving a life sentence with a minimum of 15 years' imprisonment. Philpott has been described by psychologist Glenn Wilson as clinically a "psychopath" and "exhibitionist" with "antisocial personality disorder."
Philpott's attitude to women has been described as "controlling", "domineering", "violent" and "manipulative".
In July 1978, aged 21, while AWOL from the army, he attempted to murder his girlfriend, Kim Hill, with whom he had had a two-year relationship, beginning when she was 15 years old. Philpott had previously shot Hill in the groin with a crossbow because he felt her dress had been too short, and had cracked her kneecap with a hammer when she paid too much attention to a baby she had been minding. Philpott attempted to kill Hill because she sent him a letter saying she was leaving him, stabbing her over a dozen times as she was lying in bed.
He stabbed her mother when she came to her daughter's aid. Hill suffered collapsed lungs, and a punctured bladder, kidney and liver. Philpott was convicted of attempted murder of Hill, and grievous bodily harm with intent against her mother, and was sentenced to seven years in prison in December 1978. Philpott was released after three years and two months.
Philpott married Pamela Lomax in 1986. He had three children with Lomax, two sons and a daughter. Lomax said that Philpott was controlling, and she prayed he would move on to someone else. Her wish was fulfilled when Philpott met Heather Kehoe, then aged 14, in Rainworth, Nottinghamshire. Philpott was 37. On her 16th birthday, Kehoe ran away from her parents to live with Philpott. She gave birth to two children, both boys, in quick succession, but Philpott wanted a daughter, and beat Kehoe for this reason. She described Philpott teaching his older sons to be violent with her. Philpott wanted Kehoe to produce more children, but she did not conceive again.
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