Derby Family Massacre: It Made Detectives Cry. True Crime Documentary.
they say that every child deserves a parent but not every parent deserves a child this statement couldn’t be truer in today’s case instead of seeing his children as Tiny humans who needed his protection Mick Philpot saw them as his personal cash cows that brought in benefits from the government his greed blinded him from their Humanity in the worst way possible he was Fame hungry narcissistic and diagnosed as a psychopath who made everyone’s life around him a living hell in this video we’ll look at how Philpot and his
accomplices took the lives of six young children and what drove them to do this heinous act let’s get started Mick Philpot was born in 1956 in Darby England he was Notorious for fathering 17 children with multiple women and if you thought he had so many children because he loved loves them you would sadly be mistaken you see he had practically no nurturing qualities in fact he was an extremely violent and unpredictable man his toxic pattern of behavior with women and children started with his first relationship when he was 19 he Charmed a
15-year-old named Kim Hill and they began dating shortly after in the beginning Kim saw Philpot as an ideal partner but it didn’t take long before he suddenly became a abusive in every way you can think of his violence was so uncontrollable that he even started beating her in public in one incident at a pub Philpot struck Kim across the mouth with a pool cue needless to say she started bleeding severely but no one dared to intervene or tried to help her he would use any excuse he could find to harm her for example once Philpot broke
her arm and fractured her kneecap with a hammer when she paid too much attention to a baby she had been minding as a British Army member he would baselessly accuse her of infidelity when he returned from postings and physically assault her he also shot Kim in the groin with a crossbow one time because he felt her dress had been too short Kim still in school often lied about the cause of her injuries to protect Philpot after 2 years of abuse in July 1978 Kim plucked up the courage to send Philpot a breakup letter in response
Philpot went awall from the Army and BR broke into Kim’s home he attacked her in bed stabbing her 27 times with a 9-in knife according to Kim he told her menacingly if I can’t have you no one else will when Kim’s mother intervened Philpot stabbed her 11 times both Kim and her mother barely survived the attack despite being badly injured her mother who was a nurse crawled to a phone and raised the alarm paramedics arrived to find Philpot on the stairs still holding the bloody knife he told them I wouldn’t bother she’s a goner I’d
done a good job on her Kim actually died twice in the ambulance and on the operating table as surgeons battled to save her life Philpot had slit her stomach open and stabbed her on the back arms and legs she suffered collapsed lungs and a punctured bladder kidney and liver during the trial he lied and implied he stabbed her in self-defense but all the evidence showed otherwise Phil pot was found guilty of attempted murder and Grievous bodily harm he was sentenced to 7 and A2 years in prison but was released after serving just 3
years and two months according to records this early release was due to his good behavior needless to say he received nothing more than a slap on the wrist and had absolutely no incentive to change his Twisted ways as we’ll soon see while in prison he sent Kim letters expressing remorse and even proposing to marry her upon his release this horrific attack left Kim traumatized and she is still receiving counseling four decades later recalling her hellish life with Philpot Kim added do not say no to Mick Philpot you don’t
say no to him he doesn’t understand the word after his release from prison in 1986 Philpot married Pamela LX they had three children together and he continued his abusive Behavior Pamela was too afraid to report him knowing what had happened to his previous partner Kim she prayed that he would move on to someone else which is what he did in 1993 Philpot then 37 began a relationship with a 14-year-old girl named Heather Kio Pamela left him after discovering the affair the teenage Heather ran away from her parents to be
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with him on her 16th birthday and they had two sons Philpot was abusive towards her even beating her for not having a girl he even taught his older Sons to be violent against Heather Philpot wanted Heather to produce more children but she did not conceive again she was often punished by being locked outside the house in the garden and told police Philpot once held a knife to her throat when she tried to leave him eventually she climbed over the fence and escaped him Heather was forced to temporarily abandon her children before regaining
custody after a long Long Court battle she said that Philpot was a jackal and Hyde character Charming when they first met but later violent in 2000 Philpot met 19-year-old maray Duffy she was a single teenage mother who had recently left an abusive relationship Philpot she said became her guardian angel they moved in together shortly after he took on responsibility for her son and proposed to her in hospital after the birth of their first child Jade the following year he also began a relationship with Lisa Willis a
16-year-old orphan who also happened to be a single mother she became his mistress and moved in with him and meray perhaps because of philpot’s domineering presence Lisa and mered became very close they regularly confided in each other and Lisa said she had treated mared’s children as her own there is clearly a pattern here all three women in Phil pot’s life had been teenagers when they met him they had effectively been groomed while they were vulnerable Philpot married merid in May 2003 with Lisa as the bridesmaid from that year
onwards Philpot lived with both women and had 11 children in a three-bedroom Council house both women worked while he remained unemployed collecting their earnings and government benefits Philpot actively tried to have more children to stack up his benefit payments he requested a large Council house to accommodate his growing family but was denied due to lack of availability mered married Mick in 2003 will you take my Caroline to be your wife will you love her comfort her honor and seven months pregnant with mix’s
child on his wedding day you love her Philpot publicly defended his lifestyle expressing pride in his large family and dismissing critics he blamed the council for not providing adequate housing and argued that as an unemployed person he deserved more assistance from the government Philpot tried to bring media attention to his housing situation he appeared on the Jeremy Kyle show in 2007 a program similar to The Jerry Springer Show on the show Philpot defended his lifestyle and unemployment claiming he couldn’t get a job due to media coverage
and his criminal record he became agitated when questioned about his parenting and job prospects which led to an argument with the host Jeremy over his irresponsible Lifestyle on the show insisted he had undergone a vasectomy he defended himself in typically heated fashion making an offensive gesture and telling the host talk to that pal talk to that Philpot introduced his wife marade and his second wife Lisa Willis on the show openly acknowledging his unconventional living Arrangement he claimed he didn’t care what the public
opinion was about his lifestyle and large family Philpot also said he was prepared to divorce his wife to marry Lisa and then divorce her simply so that she would not feel left out because she did not share the Philpot family name he went on to have two more kids after it and was dubbed Britain’s biggest scer after it was revealed he was raking in £25,000 a year in benefits so Phil pots planed to gain public support for a large larer house was unsuccessful today I want to discover The Man Behind the headlines and uncover
the truth about the guy who has been branded Britain’s biggest scer you’re going to criticize my family pal and my kids I’ll criticize you as much as I want this is a free in 2007 Philpot appeared in an episode of a documentary Series in which the then conservative MP Anne whittam spent a week with him and tried to persuade him to change his lifestyle she found Philpot three jobs one of which was with a barrel making firm but he did not turn up for work on the first day and the job fell through in the documentary Philpot was
shown to be living in a caravan in his garden in which his wife and mistress would alternate in spending nights with him the MP said that Phil pot did not care about anyone and that he used the word [ __ ] to refer to both his wife and his mistress she also noticed that none of his children sought affection from him although many people could not understand understand why the women in his life accepted their lot or even desired it the general opinion was that his Partners got on well with one another but behind closed doors the
tensions between the thruple had reached a boiling point and I’ve got my kids and I’ve got my family that’s all I care about looking El don’t say so then don’t say so then can I just get the if I could get the the distribution of children right got three with me first marriage yeah two with another young lady five with mered yeah four with Lisa and one with another young lady two on the way that’s 15 now two on the way plus one when I was in the arm Services which I’ve never never met he asked marade to divorce him three times so he
could marry Lisa in 2010 Philpot was given a police caution for slapping merid and dragging her outside by her hair but he wasn’t nice to Lisa either Phil pot hit her with a piece of wood threw a hot cup of coffee at her and prevented her from leaving the house or speaking with any men in February 2012 Lisa had finally had enough of the toxic situation she was in she decided to leave Philpot she told mered she was taking her five children swimming but instead moved in with her sister this was the only way she could leave without
any confrontation 3 months after Lisa left Philpot was still seething with anger and entangled in a rough custody battle over their five children so he along with his wife marade and a family friend named Paul Mosley did the viest thing you can think of they plann to burn down their home with their own children inside and frame Lisa for it the arson was scheduled for the day before a custody hearing between Lisa and Philpot he wanted his children back motivated by his Greed for more benefit payments and the potential to get an even bigger
Council house the plan involved Philpot and and Mosley putting gasoline into the mail slot and setting fire to the house then Philpot would swoop in and rescue his six children from the fire making himself look like a heroic father and win the custody battle to say that this idea was misguided would be an understatement on May 11th 2012 at 4:00 a.m.
philpot’s plan to set fire to his house went tragically wrong the fire spread much faster than anyone expected it resulted in the deaths of six children Jade JN Jack Jesse and Jaden died at the scene while their half brother Dwayne died in the hospital two days later all deaths were caused by excessive smoke inhalation fire investigators reported that temperatures in the upstairs bedrooms exceeded 500° Celsius leaving no chance of survival for anyone in those rooms police confirmed that the fire was deliberately started with petrol under the letter box
classifying it as arson and officially stating that six children had been murdered I can’t get Terror house got we got the Poli on the way have you any idea what’s caused the fire all of these children belong to merid and Philpot except Dwayne who was her teenage son from a previous relationship Jade was only 10 years old she was described as very intelligent and well regarded at School 9-year-old JN was cheerful Smiley and polite Jaden a 5-year-old love lots of cuddles from family and friends shy and bashful Jack
seven was the quietest sibling and a delight to be around Jesse 6 years old was described as a loud character in the family DNE the eldest victim at just 13 was described as a charming and caring young boy who was a protector for his younger brothers and sisters nobody in the community had the slightest clue that a father could do such a thing many people who knew and socialized with Philpot and his family defended his lifestyle saying negative representations of the area and the man did not live up to the reality one local
Bobby southernland was inspired to set up a charity to help pay for the funerals of the six children whom he claimed Philpot loved desperately fighting back tears as he stood in the street at Outside the Fire ravaged family home he said at the time yeah they can slag him off but he loved his kids yeah you make mistakes but you don’t deserve that nobody deserves that this shows just how good Philpot was at manipulating the people around him and maintaining His Image as a good husband and father at first Lisa Willis and her
brother-in-law were questioned but they were quickly cleared of any suspicion meanwhile Witnesses reported that Philpot behaved strangely for someone who had recently lost several of his children and appeared to like the media attention a mortuary manager said Philpot engaged in horse play when he went to view his children’s bodies even putting a family liaison officer in a headlock during one visit as part of their investigation the police organized a press conference where Philpot and merid spoke during this conference
Philpot thanked various people for their support and announced their decision to donate Dwayne’s organs to to save the life of another child he expressed gratitude for the community’s response and requested privacy for his family asking that all questions be directed to the police this press conference actually increased police suspicions philpot’s Behavior was notably inappropriate including flirting with a female police officer she claimed that he called her gorgeous and inferred he would like her to come back to his
hotel and we can’t express our gratitude to everybody that’s been concerned with the case what’s been going on I’ve actually been down to my our our home and what we saw we just we just can’t OB believe B we grew up in a community that’s been had a lot of problems with vience and God knows what else and to see this community to to come together like the other is just it’s just too overwhelming the police found forensic evidence linking The Fill pots to the crime a discarded petrol container and glove had been found near the house and
in November forensic investigators discovered that the clothes of the Phil Poots and Mosley had petrol on them for further information they placed a recording device in the police vehicle and their hotel room the recorded conversations revealed incriminating statements from Philpot including him saying it was his fault they lost their children and family he can be heard saying you definitely sticking with the story I didn’t mean to do it on my life plus the recording captured Philpot watching merid perform a sexual act on
Paul Mosley their accomplice Philpot Was Heard telling his wife I’m proud of you because you didn’t want to do it tell me what you said to what you said about went to LS almost count how many times went to the ls what you say about me trying to go in you tried everything you could to get in like I said to him I wanted to run through the Flames up the stairs what’ you crying when you saying it how bad not really really bad but did cry Circle my’s gone it’s my fault we lost our children it’s my fault we lost Liv
with po children it’s my fault we lost I should have seen it all coming it is my fa the fingerprint on the window that’s it a few discrepancies that’s all it is momy shaky about I said we’re going to go out for a drive at night I can’t remember saying that Vicki said you were stoned I didn’t smoke in police interviews Mosley said he had sex with merid over a snooker table hours before the fire broke out it’s believed this act was encouraged by Philpot to keep Mosley loyal to their cause Philpot even admitted having three
or four sexual encounters with his wife and codefendant Paul Mosley not long after his children’s deaths these recordings along with other evidence such as an unused ladder found at the back of the house intended for the planned rescue also implicated philpa mered and Paul Mosley in the arson plot on May 28th 2012 Phil pot and mered were arrested on suspicion of murder they were formally charged with murder 2 days later on November 5th 2012 Paul Mosley was also arrested on suspicion of murder after forensic examination revealed petrol on his
clothing the trial heard that Mosley had been bragging to a number of people about being a suspect including on internet at dating sites whatever Mosley’s role it seems that Philpot was Keen to keep him on side and police believe coercion may have been involved in December Mosley’s charge was reduced to manslaughter the murder charges against Philpot and merid were also eventually downgraded to manslaughter evidence showed that while they didn’t intend to kill their children they plan to frame Lisa for endangering the family in order to gain
custody of her children their motivation was not solely Revenge more children meant more benefit money and potentially a larger house on April 2nd 2013 the couple along with Paul Mosley were found guilty of manslaughter for the deaths of the six children Phil pot received a life sentence with a minimum of 15 years in prison mered and Paul Mosley each received 17-year sentences with a minimum of 8 and 1/2 years to be served mered later appealed against her sentence but judges ruled the original term reflected the immeasurable harm she
had caused court of appeal judges said petrol found on her clothes showed she had participated in setting the fire which had not been a spur of the- moment plan she had also lied after her arrest the judges said and continued to hide the truth during her trial in her sentencing remarks Mrs Justice thural said it was clear the fire was philpot’s idea but she said mera’s children died because she she put her husband first we therefore have come to the view that this sentence cannot be criticized the judge was careful in
reaching the conclusion she did she gave very cogent and clear reasons for it she assessed against her primary findings of fact the blameworthiness of mared Philpot and and arriv at a sentence that reflected that very severe degree of blameworthiness together with the immeasurable harm she had caused by the killing of her six children for whom like any other mother she had an absolute responsibility we have after an examination of the circumstances and a careful consideration of the judge’s come to the conclusion without any
hesitation that this appeal must be dismissed in November 2020 merid was released after serving half her term she was eligible to be released on license and taken by Convoy to a halfway house according to a source for the son her Convoy was like one given to a celebrity rather than a mom who killed her six children merid was also given a new identity for her protection the center for crime prevention described the release as appalling and called called for Killers to serve their full sentences for such crimes Paul Mosley
too was released from prison in May 2021 after serving half his sentence but returned to prison in 2022 after breaching terms of Parole in November 20203 he was released again the parole panel stated the panel was satisfied that imprisonment was no longer necessary for the protection of the public so while merid and Mosley are free Philpot is still in prison completing his minimum sentence of 15 years Philpot was characterized as a monster abusive to women and exploitative of the welfare system who viewed children primarily as a source of
income psychologist Glenn Wilson described Philpot as clinically a psychopath and exhibitionist with antisocial personality disorder what did you think of this horrific case in everyone involved do you think their sentences were too light Philpot definitely got way too Lightly for his attempted murder charge in the’ 70s do you think these deaths were preventable had the justice system been harsher back then share your thoughts in the comments below if you want more videos like this please be sure to like the video
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