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| Derby fire deaths: Father 'physically abusive to ex-girlfriend' | Derby fire deaths: Father 'physically abusive to ex-girlfriend' |
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| The ex-girlfriend of a man accused of killing his six children in a fire has told a court he was physically abusive when she did not get pregnant again. | The ex-girlfriend of a man accused of killing his six children in a fire has told a court he was physically abusive when she did not get pregnant again. |
| Heather Kehoe had two children with Mick Philpott after their relationship began when they ran off to Derby, two weeks after her 16th birthday. | |
| She met Mr Philpott when she was 14 and he was aged about 37, jurors were told. | |
| She told the Nottingham Crown Court manslaughter trial he joked of wanting enough children for a football team. | She told the Nottingham Crown Court manslaughter trial he joked of wanting enough children for a football team. |
| Custody battle | |
| Jade Philpott, 10, and her brothers John, nine, Jack, eight, Jessie, six, and Jayden, five, all died after the fire engulfed their home in Victory Road, Allenton. Their brother Duwayne, 13, died three days later in hospital. | Jade Philpott, 10, and her brothers John, nine, Jack, eight, Jessie, six, and Jayden, five, all died after the fire engulfed their home in Victory Road, Allenton. Their brother Duwayne, 13, died three days later in hospital. |
| Mr Philpott, 56, and his wife Mairead Philpott, 31, both formerly of Victory Road, Allenton, and their friend Paul Mosley, 46, of Cecil Street, all Derby, are charged with six counts of manslaughter; one for each of the children. | Mr Philpott, 56, and his wife Mairead Philpott, 31, both formerly of Victory Road, Allenton, and their friend Paul Mosley, 46, of Cecil Street, all Derby, are charged with six counts of manslaughter; one for each of the children. |
| It is alleged they started the fire to frame Mr Philpott's former mistress Lisa Willis during a custody battle. | |
| Ms Kehoe told jurors she had two sons with Mr Philpott, and when asked how many children he wanted she said: "Eleven was the number." | Ms Kehoe told jurors she had two sons with Mr Philpott, and when asked how many children he wanted she said: "Eleven was the number." |
| She said there was a joke about that figure. "It was something about a football team or reserves," she said. | She said there was a joke about that figure. "It was something about a football team or reserves," she said. |
| 'Not a real woman' | |
| Ms Kehoe said she got a contraceptive coil fitted not long after and Philpott started being physically and verbally abusive towards her and compared her with his ex-wife, Pamela Lomax. | Ms Kehoe said she got a contraceptive coil fitted not long after and Philpott started being physically and verbally abusive towards her and compared her with his ex-wife, Pamela Lomax. |
| "He said that I was not a real woman because I could not give him the children he wanted and Pam had given him a girl, and I would never be half the woman Pam was." | "He said that I was not a real woman because I could not give him the children he wanted and Pam had given him a girl, and I would never be half the woman Pam was." |
| He also beat her because she had not given him a daughter, the court heard. | He also beat her because she had not given him a daughter, the court heard. |
| There were 11 children living in the house in Victory Road - six were Mick and Mairead Philpott's, four were those of Miss Willis and Mr Philpott and one was another child of Miss Willis's. | |
| Mairead Philpott had told the court earlier she tried to take her own life when Ms Willis left. | |
| The court was told by Ms Willis that the pair had been like sisters; they were close and confided in one another, and the women alternated the nights they spent with Mr Philpott. | |
| Ms Kehoe's final remark as she gave evidence was: "This is not about revenge. It's about people needing to know what sort of person he is." | |
| The case continues. | The case continues. |