Philpott appeal dismissed
Mairead Philpott, jailed for 17 years for killing her six children in a house fire in Derby, will challenge the length of her sentence today in the Court of Appeal.
Mairead could not 'summon courage' to leave Mick Philpott
The defence barrister for Mairead Philpott has said her husband, Mick Philpott, targeted women who were incapable of standing up to him.
He then suggested Mairead Philpott was 'the neediest of them all' and could not 'summon the courage' to leave him.
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