A mother who played a part in the death of her six children was seen drinking a pint at a pub with a friend. Mairead Philpott, 40, who was release from prison in November after half her 17-year sentence, was enjoying a snakebite and black. Mairead was jailed over a 2012 fire in Allenton, Derby, that killed Duwayne Philpott, 13, his sister Jade, 10, and brothers Jack, nine, John, eight, Jesse, six, and Jayden, five. Initially, Mairead and Mick Philpott received an outpouring of sympathy, and wept at a press conference as they appealed for help to find the culprits. The father-of-seventeen, who married Mairead in 2003, used his children to rake in an astonishing £60,000 a year in benefits.

Source: The Nation May 03, 2021 00:00 UTC