Child killer makes obscene gesture to court as he is led to cells
Shameless ... Philpott sticks his two fingers up to the court today
Priscilla Coleman
CHILD killer Mick Philpott delivered his final insult today – as he made an obscene gesture to a devastated public gallery after he was jailed for life.
His 32-year-old wife Mairead and accomplice Paul Mosley, 46, were both jailed for 17 years.
Family members in the public gallery applauded as the judge finished her sentencing.
One shouted: “Die, Mick, die.” Another said: “See you, Mairead. Hope you enjoy life on your own.”
“Your own babies,” another called out.
In response, Philpott smiled and stuck his two fingers up as he was led from the dock.
Anger ... Philpott's sister Dawn Bestwick outside Nottingham Crown Court after sentencing
His final gratuitous act of defiance came after a string of violent crimes throughout his life.
It emerged in court that unemployed Philpott was on bail for a violent road rage incident at the time of his children’s deaths.
A week before the devastating blaze, he had appeared in court and admitted common assault but denied dangerous driving after punching another driver who he thought had pulled out in front of him at a roundabout.
Con ... Mick and Mairead after the blaze
In 1978, he was sentenced to seven years in prison after he repeatedly stabbed former girlfriend Kim Hill, now 51.
Philpott received a concurrent five-year sentence for grievous bodily harm with intent after also attacking Kim’s mother when she tried to intervene in the violent attack.
And in 1991, he received a two-year conditional discharge for assault occasioning actual bodily harm after he head-butted a colleague.
Almost two decades later, he was given a police caution after slapping his wife and dragging her outside by her hair in 2010.
Victim ... Kim Hill, left, with her 75 year-old mum Shirley
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