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Derby fire deaths: Mick Philpott 'tried to dominate police calls' Derby fire deaths: Mick Philpott 'watched wife having sex'
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Two police officers said a man accused of killing six of his children regularly called police and tried to dominate conversation. A man accused of killing six of his children in a house fire watched his wife have sex with another man from which she fell pregnant, a court heard.
PCs Neil Smith and Gareth Loretta were speaking at the trial of Mick and Mairead Philpott and Paul Mosley who all deny six counts of manslaughter. Claire Tyler, a friend and colleague of Mairead Philpott, told the court Mrs Philpott aborted the pregnancy.
The officers said Mr Philpott called police regularly in an attempt to get custody of his children. She also said Mrs Philpott's character become more subdued when her husband was around.
It came after his former mistress Lisa Willis left the family's Derby home. Mrs Philpott, 31, her husband Mick, 56, and Paul Mosley 46, deny manslaughter of the couple's six children.
The three defendants are accused of starting a fire at the Derby property which led to the death of Jade Philpott, 10, and her brothers John, nine, Jack, eight, Jessie, six, and Jayden, five. Their brother Duwayne, 13, died three days later in hospital. The three are accused of starting the blaze at the Philpott's home in Victory Road, Allenton, Derby.
The prosecution alleges they started the fire to frame Mr Philpott's former mistress after she left the home taking four of their children. Jade Philpott, 10, and her brothers John, nine, Jack, eight, Jessie, six, and Jayden, five, died in the fire. Their brother Duwayne, 13, died three days later in hospital.
The jury at Nottingham Crown Court was told that Mr Philpott regularly called police to try to get Ms Willis to return the children. 'Mick was there'
Officers said he was loud and tried to "dominate" conversation. On the fifth day of the trial at Nottingham Crown Court, the jury heard from Ms Tyler who worked as a cleaner with Mrs Philpott at the Royal Derby Hospital.
Ms Tyler said Mrs Philpott had taken time off work to have an abortion.
Shaun Smith QC, Mrs Philpott's barrister, asked Ms Tyler: "It's the case, isn't it, that she had had sex with another man and the child was a result of that?
"And that was when Mick was there, that she had had sex with another man?"
"Yes," Ms Tyler replied.
She also said that when Mrs Philpott was at work she was bubbly and talkative, but when her husband was in the room her personality changed and she became subdued.
Earlier in the hearing, two officers said Mr Philpott regularly rang police in an attempt to get custody of four of his children after his former mistress Lisa Willis left with them.
The prosecution alleges the fire was started in an attempt to frame Miss Willis and gain custody of Mr Philpott's children.
The Philpotts, formerly of Victory Road, and Mr Mosley, of Cecil Street, Derby, are charged with six counts of manslaughter; one for each of the children.
The case continues.The case continues.