His alleged victim – who cannot be named – told police of the 2005 incident after learning of the house fire last year.
But the jury was not told this – nor the horrific fact that the killer father had already been to prison for stabbing an ex-girlfriend 27 times, leaving her for dead after she dared to break up with hi
Past crimes: Mick Philpott, left, was jailed for seven years for stabbing his ex-girlfriend Kim Hill, right, in 1978
The two horrific incidents from
Philpott’s past can now be revealed after the judge presiding over the
manslaughter trial ordered that his criminal history should not be
heard. The prosecution had wanted to call Miss Hill.
Philpott, who also stabbed Miss Hill’s mother Shirley 11 times during the same assault in 1978 at their family home in Spondon, Derbyshire, was described by a judge as a ‘dangerous young man’ when, aged 21, he was sentenced to seven years in jail for attempted murder and grievous bodily harm.
But he was released after just over three years despite showing no remorse, arguing in court that he meant only to punch his victims and had forgotten he had a knife.
Miss Hill, now 51, suffered collapsed lungs and a punctured bladder, liver and kidneys, and was scarred for life. She believes Philpott and his wife Mairead should be ‘strung up’ for causing the deaths of their six innocent children.
‘I’ll never forget his eyes as he attacked me – pure evil,’ she said. ‘You don’t say no to Mick Philpott – he doesn’t understand the word.’
Philpott first met her when she was a 15-year-old schoolgirl and he was a 20-year-old Army recruit. After their relationship began, she claims she was beaten brutally, had bones broken and was repeatedly punched by Philpott. A week before stabbing her, he held her hostage.
On other occasions, she says, he shot her with a bow and arrow, kneecapped her with a sledgehammer and used a lump hammer against her because her skirt was too short.
Miss Hill says she stayed with him because she was petrified of what he would do if she ended the relationship.
The couple got engaged but she finally summoned the courage to break up with him when she turned 17. Philpott, who at the time had an Afro haircut, broke into her family home at 2am on a July morning before grabbing a knife from a kitchen drawer.
He found his ex-girlfriend asleep in her bed and covered her mouth, waking her up. Miss Hill said: ‘He came in and put his hand on my face and told me to be quiet. I opened my eyes.
‘I thought he was punching me. He went off and I got myself out of bed but I just fell on the floor. The next thing I knew he was attacking me again. He slit my stomach open, all down my back, the tops of my legs and my arms. He punctured both lungs and went through my liver and my kidney. I was stabbed 27 times all over. He left me for dead.’
Philpott then attacked her mother and ripped a phone cord from the wall socket to prevent her calling for help.
He was finally stopped because Miss Hill’s younger sister Cristal, who was 15 at the time, was also in the house, heard the screams and managed to find another phone to use to call the police.
Miss Hill technically died twice – once in the ambulance on the way to hospital and once on the operating table – but doctors miraculously managed to save her life. She spent eight weeks in intensive care.
Philpott, who had been working as a sand blaster, was sentenced to seven years in prison for trying to kill Miss Hill, with a concurrent five years for attacking her mother.
He had argued that he was suicidal at the time and got ‘carried away by jealousy’. Even after conviction, Philpott wrote to Miss Hill, saying he ‘knew she would forgive him’ and asking her to marry him.
She said: ‘I’ve led a completely quiet life for the last 32 years because of that b******. I won’t even go into town and I’m still having treatment. My life has been ruined.’
Philpott, who also stabbed Miss Hill’s mother Shirley 11 times during the same assault in 1978 at their family home in Spondon, Derbyshire, was described by a judge as a ‘dangerous young man’ when, aged 21, he was sentenced to seven years in jail for attempted murder and grievous bodily harm.
But he was released after just over three years despite showing no remorse, arguing in court that he meant only to punch his victims and had forgotten he had a knife.
Criminal past: Details of Philpotts's previous
convictions can finally be revealed after he and wife Mairead faced
trial over the manslaughter of their six children in a house fire
Miss Hill, now 51, suffered collapsed lungs and a punctured bladder, liver and kidneys, and was scarred for life. She believes Philpott and his wife Mairead should be ‘strung up’ for causing the deaths of their six innocent children.
‘I’ll never forget his eyes as he attacked me – pure evil,’ she said. ‘You don’t say no to Mick Philpott – he doesn’t understand the word.’
Philpott first met her when she was a 15-year-old schoolgirl and he was a 20-year-old Army recruit. After their relationship began, she claims she was beaten brutally, had bones broken and was repeatedly punched by Philpott. A week before stabbing her, he held her hostage.
On other occasions, she says, he shot her with a bow and arrow, kneecapped her with a sledgehammer and used a lump hammer against her because her skirt was too short.
Miss Hill says she stayed with him because she was petrified of what he would do if she ended the relationship.
The couple got engaged but she finally summoned the courage to break up with him when she turned 17. Philpott, who at the time had an Afro haircut, broke into her family home at 2am on a July morning before grabbing a knife from a kitchen drawer.
He found his ex-girlfriend asleep in her bed and covered her mouth, waking her up. Miss Hill said: ‘He came in and put his hand on my face and told me to be quiet. I opened my eyes.
‘I thought he was punching me. He went off and I got myself out of bed but I just fell on the floor. The next thing I knew he was attacking me again. He slit my stomach open, all down my back, the tops of my legs and my arms. He punctured both lungs and went through my liver and my kidney. I was stabbed 27 times all over. He left me for dead.’
Philpott then attacked her mother and ripped a phone cord from the wall socket to prevent her calling for help.
He was finally stopped because Miss Hill’s younger sister Cristal, who was 15 at the time, was also in the house, heard the screams and managed to find another phone to use to call the police.
Miss Hill technically died twice – once in the ambulance on the way to hospital and once on the operating table – but doctors miraculously managed to save her life. She spent eight weeks in intensive care.
Philpott, who had been working as a sand blaster, was sentenced to seven years in prison for trying to kill Miss Hill, with a concurrent five years for attacking her mother.
He had argued that he was suicidal at the time and got ‘carried away by jealousy’. Even after conviction, Philpott wrote to Miss Hill, saying he ‘knew she would forgive him’ and asking her to marry him.
She said: ‘I’ve led a completely quiet life for the last 32 years because of that b******. I won’t even go into town and I’m still having treatment. My life has been ruined.’
Almost three decades after attacking
Miss Hill, apparently Philpott used the example of what he had done to
her when he allegedly raped a woman acquaintance in his shabby
second-hand caravan.
Philpott allegedly pounced on the younger woman as she delivered a cup of tea to him.
She said Philpott was still asleep when she knocked on the caravan door at 2pm.
He suddenly pulled back the covers to reveal he was naked, then pushed her on to the bed and ‘had his way’ with her.
‘I had known Mick for some time. His favourite line was, “You know you want a baby with me” – he said the same thing to me that afternoon in that caravan.’
She said he used the seven-year sentence he received for the attempted murder of Kim Hill as a tool to control the women he came into contact with.
‘He often bragged of leaving a woman for dead by slashing her throat,’ she said. ‘It had the desired effect – I was left extremely scared of him.'
Mr House added that it was said that 'Mick and the family wanted the money for the family instead'.
He told the hearing: 'During that period there was repeated discussion about what should happen to the money and it was ultimately agreed that after the funeral the remainder would be provided as an Argos voucher to the family.'
The fund was named 'D-J's Trust' - with the 'D signifying Duwanye, and the 'J' referring to the first letter of the names of the rest of the children who died.
Hundreds of local people took part in dozens of events to raise money for the funeral, which saw each child brought to St Mary's Roman Catholic Church in a horse-drawn hearse.
Five hundred Allenton residents joined hands and walked from a local park to the scene of the fire on Victory Road, while fancy dress fun runs, charity football matches, and sponsored leg waxes were also organised.
Philpott allegedly pounced on the younger woman as she delivered a cup of tea to him.
She said Philpott was still asleep when she knocked on the caravan door at 2pm.
He suddenly pulled back the covers to reveal he was naked, then pushed her on to the bed and ‘had his way’ with her.
‘I had known Mick for some time. His favourite line was, “You know you want a baby with me” – he said the same thing to me that afternoon in that caravan.’
She said he used the seven-year sentence he received for the attempted murder of Kim Hill as a tool to control the women he came into contact with.
‘He often bragged of leaving a woman for dead by slashing her throat,’ she said. ‘It had the desired effect – I was left extremely scared of him.'
PHILPOTT SAW CHILDREN'S £15,000 FUNERAL FUND AS A 'GET-RICH-QUICK' SCHEME BY GETTING FUNDRAISERS TO PAY HIM IN ARGOS VOUCHERS
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Mick Philpott was 'fixated' with a fund set up by kind-hearted locals
to pay for the funeral of his dead children as he saw it as a way of
'getting rich quick', it can now be revealed.
In the wake of the tragedy, sympathetic members of the public raised more than £15,000 to pay for the ceremony, which took place at the family's church in Derby.
After Philpott and wife Mairead were arrested and charged with starting the blaze that killed the young siblings, any leftover cash - believed to be several hundred pounds - was donated to Birmingham Children's Hospital, where doctors cared for 13-year-old Duwayne until his death.
But in pre-trial hearings it emerged that before police swooped on the couple, grasping Philpott had demanded the remaining money be given to his family in Argos vouchers.
Prosecutors wanted to tell jurors about the claims during Philpott's trial - but the evidence was ruled inadmissible by Judge Mrs Justice Thirlwell, who said it was a 'relatively minor issue'.
In a hearing that took place at Nottingham Crown Court, James House, prosecuting, said: 'We seek to rely on his (Philpott's) fixation on the money donated by members of the public after the deaths of the children.
'His attitude towards the money was spending it and getting rich quick. These comments were made in private, whereas he was presenting a very different public face.'
In the wake of the tragedy, sympathetic members of the public raised more than £15,000 to pay for the ceremony, which took place at the family's church in Derby.
After Philpott and wife Mairead were arrested and charged with starting the blaze that killed the young siblings, any leftover cash - believed to be several hundred pounds - was donated to Birmingham Children's Hospital, where doctors cared for 13-year-old Duwayne until his death.
But in pre-trial hearings it emerged that before police swooped on the couple, grasping Philpott had demanded the remaining money be given to his family in Argos vouchers.
Tragic end: Kind-hearted locals raised
£15,000 for the funeral of Mick Philpott's six children (top row, l-r)
Jayden, five, Jessie, six, Jack, eight, (bottom row, l-r) John, nine,
Jade, 10, and Duwyane, 13
The 56-year-old, who showed a
'callous disregard for what had happened' in meetings with organisers,
even wanted hundreds of teddy bears left outside the burned-out home by
caring well-wishers in tribute to the children to be auctioned off,
telling one fundraiser: 'Shut up and just get on with it.'Prosecutors wanted to tell jurors about the claims during Philpott's trial - but the evidence was ruled inadmissible by Judge Mrs Justice Thirlwell, who said it was a 'relatively minor issue'.
In a hearing that took place at Nottingham Crown Court, James House, prosecuting, said: 'We seek to rely on his (Philpott's) fixation on the money donated by members of the public after the deaths of the children.
'His attitude towards the money was spending it and getting rich quick. These comments were made in private, whereas he was presenting a very different public face.'
Exploited community spirit: Hundreds of local
people took part in dozens of events to raise money for the funeral,
which saw each child brought to St Mary's Roman Catholic Church in a
horse-drawn hearse
Thrown out: Prosecutors wanted to tell jurors
about the claims during Philpott's trial, but the evidence was ruled
inadmissible by Judge Mrs Justice Thirlwell, who said it was a
'relatively minor issue'
He told the hearing: 'During that period there was repeated discussion about what should happen to the money and it was ultimately agreed that after the funeral the remainder would be provided as an Argos voucher to the family.'
The fund was named 'D-J's Trust' - with the 'D signifying Duwanye, and the 'J' referring to the first letter of the names of the rest of the children who died.
Hundreds of local people took part in dozens of events to raise money for the funeral, which saw each child brought to St Mary's Roman Catholic Church in a horse-drawn hearse.
Five hundred Allenton residents joined hands and walked from a local park to the scene of the fire on Victory Road, while fancy dress fun runs, charity football matches, and sponsored leg waxes were also organised.
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