The parents of six children who died in a house fire in England were today found guilty of their manslaughter.

A man who is alleged to have killed his six children in a house fire was accused today of treating his wife like a slave.

A father accused of killing his six children in a house fire collapsed and sobbed in the witness box as a court heard a 999 call made by him and his wife as the blaze took hold.

A man accused of killing his six children in a house fire has told a court he did not start the blaze but that he has his suspicions about who did.

A father accused of killing his six children in a house fire joked about the night of the fatal blaze to a police officer just a week later, a court has heard.

A father accused of killing his six children in a house fire in Derby had become "paranoid" about losing them in an upcoming custody battle, a court has heard.

A father accused of killing his six children was overheard on the phone saying someone being interviewed by police was going to "drop us in it", a court has heard.

The former mistress of a man accused of the manslaughter of his six children in the UK has denied threatening to kill him.

The former mistress of “benefits scrounger” Mick Philpott, who is accused of killing his six children, told a court how she ended their relationship after enduring years of abusive and domineering behaviour.

The former mistress of a man accused of killing his children in a house fire has told a court how she and his wife used to alternate the nights they would sleep with him.

A father accused of killing his six children in a house fire started the blaze as part of a “plan” to frame his ex-girlfriend after becoming locked in a custody battle with her, a court has heard.

A father was the “prime mover and dominant player” in scheme to start a blaze which killed his six children as part of a plan to frame his ex-girlfriend after becoming locked in a custody battle with her, a court heard today.