#skynews. Breaking news #uk Mairead Philpotts Appeal Hearing Televised The father of Mairead Philpott has told Sky News she should not be appealing against her sentence for killing her six children. The court hearing is due to be televised on Friday. It will be the most high-profile case to be broadcast since cameras were allowed into the Court of Appeal last month. Philpott, 33, and family friend Paul Mosley, 46, got 17 years for the manslaughter of the children in a house fire in Derby in May 2012. Philpotts husband, Mick, 56, was jailed for life. He has not appealed, and a plan for Mosley to appeal has been abandoned. Jade Philpott, 10, and her brothers, Duwayne, 13, John, nine, Jack, eight, Jesse, six, and Jayden, five, all died in their bedrooms after a fire swept through the family home on Victory Road in the Allenton area of the city. Maireads father, Jimmy Duffy, said she shouldnt be appealing at all. He added: They should be getting on with what theyve got. A letter written in prison from Mairead to her father Mr Duffy said he was in support of court proceedings being televised. Basically theyre going to be seen for what they are, in fact they should have televised the whole case if I had my way, he said. Mr Duffy said his daughter had written to him from prison. In the letter, Philpott said she is coping as best as I can its hard but Im doing ok for now, and signs off, Hope to hear from you soon, love Mairead xxxxxx. But Mr Duffy has little sympathy for her. Mairead is appealing her sentence for killing her children I love her, shes my daughter, dont get me wrong, shes my flesh and blood, but I cant forgive her for even having a part in it, he said. Mosleys sister Angela doesnt think he should have tried to appeal in the first place. She told Sky News: If you knew your friend was going to set fire to their house, my first port of call would be to the police station. You would do everything in your power to stop the fire but they didnt they carried on, theyre guilty. A wedding photo of Mick and Mairead Philpott It will be the first time a Court of Appeal hearing has been filmed outside London. The Lord Chief Justice Sir John Thomas, Mr Justice Flaux and Mr Justice Macduff will hear from legal representatives for Philpott. They will then go through the sentencing guidelines, and give their judgment. The house of Victory Road being demolished Its unlikely that Philpott will be in court, even via video link, and cameras will only focus on the judges and lawyers. There is also a 70-second delay which will enable any protests to be screened out and ensure that judges have sufficient time to signal to the video-journalist, Matt Nicholls, if they believe any material needs to be removed from the broadcast. Last month The Lord Chief Justice said: The bringing of cameras into the Court of Appeal and the recording of its proceedings will enable those to be understood much better by the public as a whole. We hope it will increase confidence in the administration of justice. Philpott and Mosley were sentenced in April by Mrs Justice Thirlwall who described Mick Philpott as a disturbingly dangerous man and said his wife put him above her children and as a result they have died. She said Mosley must have appreciated the appalling risk but was prepared to go along with the plan. :: The appeal, scheduled for 10.30am, can be watched on Sky News.
Posted on: Thu, 28 Nov 2013 22:33:54 +0000
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