Philpott loses sentence appeal
Mairead Philpott, who was jailed for 17 years for killing her six children in a house fire, had a challenge against the length of her sentence rejected today by Court of Appeal judges sitting at Nottingham Crown Court.
Mairead Philpott was 'particularly vulnerable'
Mairead Philpott's barrister told Nottingham Crown Court she was "particularly vulnerable."
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