Dad who killed his own kids in house fire ‘battered and bruised after prison attack’
Mick Philpott, who killed his own children in a house fire, has been attacked in prison, an insider claims.
The devastating fire in Allenton, Derby, killed siblings Jade, 10, John, nine, Jack, seven, six-year-old Jessie and five-year-old Jayden.
Their older brother Duwayne, 13, succumbed to his injuries in hospital three days after the arson attack on May 11, 2012.
Parents Mick Philpott and Mairead first appeared heartbroken by the deaths until it emerged they were responsible for the blaze together with a friend, Paul Moseley.
While Mairead was freed in November 2020 after serving around half of her 17-year sentence, Mick remains behind bars, where he has complained about ‘hard prison life.’
He was allegedly ambushed by fellow inmates at HMP Wakefield, West Yorkshire.
The beating left the 68-year-old ‘battered and bruised,’ according to the Sun.
Another inmate jumped him armed with a heavy metal container or flask, causing lumps and bruises on his head, which could have been serious if the guards hadn’t intervened.
A source told the Sun: ‘Philpott was in a bad way after the attack – battered and bruised and with two large and noticeable lumps on the back of his head.
‘The other lad pounced on him and whacked him quite a few times from behind.
‘It was one bloke on his own – someone quite a bit younger than Philpott and it happened really quickly on the landing.’
After an alarm went off and ‘a huge commotion,’ the guards came to help him. But without their intervention, ‘it could have been a lot worse for Philpott,’ the insider said.
Now, the killer dad is said to be ‘feeling very sorry for himself,’ while ‘no-one had much sympathy’ for him, the source said.
Philpott is thought to be unpopular in prison, where he is ‘the lowest of the low’ and has got ‘a target on his back,’ they said.
He has previously blamed the deadly fire in 2012 on a neighbour and claimed to be devastated by the loss of his children.
Writing in a letter to complain about his incarceration in 2018, Philpott said he ‘can’t believe I’m still here.’
The arson is believed to have been orchestrated so that the damage would result in the parents getting a bigger council house in Derby.
However, after the flames started by using petrol grew bigger, the Philpotts were unable to get to their children inside.
The semi-detached family home on Victory Road, Allenton, was demolished in September 2013.
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