BIRTHDAY CAKE AND MCDONALD’S FOR KILLER MUM
Arson plot wife is given treats to mark her 40th
TWISTED Mairead Philpott tucked into a Mcdonald’s meal at her bail hostel – to celebrate a landmark birthday that her six children will never reach.
As she turned 40, arsonist’s wife Philpott enjoyed a Mcchicken sandwich and fries biked to the halfway house, followed by a large pink cake.
The £5.19 fast food meal marked her first birthday since being released last year, halfway into a 17-year stretch for manslaughter.
Philpott was jailed with husband Mick over the death of their six kids in an arson at their Derby home in 2012. She is living in the bail hostel in the south of England ahead of release into the community under a new surname.
A source said: “She said she really enjoyed her Maccies because Mick had controlled the money.
“He would only let her have chips if they had a takeaway.
“She even had a big pink cake. It had a huge chocolate button on top and yellow icing blobs round the outside.”
Sources added that Philpott wants to fit out her new pad as soon as possible and is planning a spree at Home Bargains after building up a savings pot from Universal Credit payments.
The insider added: “She’s desperate to slip back into the community and start her life over.
“She’s saying she should be allowed to leave the hostel within weeks.”
Philpott had shed “crocodile tears” at a press conference to plead for the public’s help to catch her kids’ killers. Jade, ten, John, nine, Jack, eight, Jesse, six, and five-year-old Jayden all died in the blaze. Mairead’s son Duwayne, 13, from a previous relationship, died three days later in hospital.
Mick, 63, dreamed up the arson plot hoping to frame an ex-girlfriend for the fire as he “rescued” the children.
The couple also thought the blaze would help them to land a bigger council house.
But their plan went wrong as the three-bed home was engulfed and Mick was beaten back by flames.
He is serving life and accomplice Paul Mosley, 53, got 17 years.
Dad-of-17 Mick is not due for parole until at least 2027.
She is desperate to start her life over within
weeks