Parents Mick and Mairead Philpott Charged With Murdering Six Children In English House Fire

The parents of six children who died in a house fire have been charged with their murder. 

Michael Philpott, 55, and his wife Mairead, 31, will appear in court tomorrow accused of killing the children, who died after a blaze at a house in Victory Road, Allenton, Derby, on May 11.

Five of the children - four boys and a girl - died on the day of the fire. Their 13-year-old brother died the following day.
 The charges were confirmed tonight by Derbyshire Police and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).
A CPS spokesman said: 'The evidence was reviewed by a Crown Advocate from the CPS East Midlands Complex Casework Unit, who decided that there was sufficient evidence to charge and that it is in the public interest for a prosecution to take place.

'It is important to note that the defendants are entitled to a fair trial and nothing should be said or reported that would prejudice that right.'
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 The Video below is of the first press conference given by Mairead and Mick Philpott the devastated parents of the six children who died in the arson attack on their home in the Allenton area of Derby.