Mick Philpott

Mick Philpott

Mick Philpott is a British convicted killer who was found guilty of causing the deaths of six of his children by arson in May 2012. He was given a life sentence with a minimum term of fifteen years’ imprisonment. Psychologist Glenn Wilson described Phil pott as clinically a ‘psychopath’ and ‘exhibitionist’ with an ‘antisocial personality disorder’ He had first come to prominence in the British media as a result of his large family, and his reliance on state benefits.

About Mick Philpott in brief

Summary Mick PhilpottMick Philpott is a British convicted killer who was found guilty of causing the deaths of six of his children by arson in May 2012. In April 2013, following an eight-week trial, he and his wife Mairead, together with their friend Paul Mosley, were found guilty of the manslaughter of the six children. He was given a life sentence with a minimum term of fifteen years’ imprisonment. Psychologist Glenn Wilson described Phil pott as clinically a ‘psychopath’ and ‘exhibitionist’ with an ‘antisocial personality disorder’ He had first come to prominence in the British media as a result of his large family, and his reliance on state benefits. In July 1978, aged 21, he attempted to murder Kim Hill, his girlfriend of two years. He 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. In 2000, he met a 19-year-old single mother, who had left a previous volatile relationship, and the couple married in May 2003.

In 2001 he met Lisa Willis, who became his mistress. After Willis gave birth to his fourth child in 2007, the press revealed that both she and her husband were due to divorce the following year. He appeared on The Jeremy Kyle Show to defend his lifestyle, saying that he would like to marry one woman and defend the other. In an episode of Widdombe Versus, he tried to persuade him to change his lifestyle and sleep in a caravan rather than sleep in his caravan. He has been described as ‘domineering’, ‘violent’,’manipulative’, and ‘controlling’ by a psychologist. In 1991, he was. given a two-year conditional discharge for assault occasioning actual bodily harm after headbutting a colleague. In 2006, he requested a larger council house for his family, which then consisted of his wife, then aged 25; his mistress, then 22; and four children born to Maireads Duffy.