Mick and Mairead Philpott found guilty: police say 'justice has been achieved for Philpott children' — Transcript

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1. 0:04I'm pleased justice has been achieved
2. 0:05for the six children who died in this
3. 0:07fire but I have to say that I derive no
4. 0:10pleasure from the conviction of Mick and
5. 0:12marade Philpot and poor
6. 0:14Mosley this has been a shocking case for
7. 0:17everyone
8. 0:18involved six young children lost their
9. 0:20lives needlessly in a fire and all our
10. 0:23efforts have been focused on getting
11. 0:25Justice for those
12. 0:26children my thoughts at this time are
13. 0:28very much for the friends and relations
14. 0:30of the children who have been affected
15. 0:32by the events on Victory Road in Derby
16. 0:35on May the 11th last
17. 0:37year I want to thank all the people from
18. 0:39the local community who had the courage
19. 0:42to come forward and give evidence
20. 0:44against the defendants in this
21. 0:46trial without them we would never have
22. 0:49been able to discover the
23. 0:51truth I also want to pay tribute to The
24. 0:54Bravery shown by the firefighters the
25. 0:57police officers and more importantly The
26. 0:59Neighbors
27. 1:00who tried to rescue the children on the
28. 1:04night officers and police staff from the
29. 1:06darbishire constab the East Midland's
30. 1:09major crime unit have worked tirelessly
31. 1:12with the CPS on this investigation
32. 1:14during the last 10
33. 1:15months this has to be one of if not the
34. 1:19most upsetting case any of us has ever
35. 1:23investigated it was a long and difficult
36. 1:25inquiry which involved more than a 100
37. 1:28officers and police staff at its peak
38. 1:31everyone was determined to find out the
39. 1:33truth behind this fire and who was
40. 1:37responsible throughout the investigation
41. 1:40the police have worked closely with the
42. 1:41fire service and other partner agencies
43. 1:44such as the local Authority and Health
44. 1:46Service to provide support for other
45. 1:49members of the family I'm extremely
46. 1:52grateful for their support and advice
47. 1:54during this difficult investigation
48. 1:57thank you in the early hours of the 11th
49. 1:59of May 2012 a fire was set at 18 Victory
50. 2:03Road in Derby as a result of that fire
51. 2:06Dwayne Jade John Jack Jesse and Jaden
52. 2:10Philpot all died today the jury have
53. 2:14concluded that Michael and Mar Philpot
54. 2:16along with their friends Paul MOS were
55. 2:18responsible for that
56. 2:20fire the three of them made a plan to
57. 2:22start it in order to turn family
58. 2:24proceedings in Mr philpot's favor it was
59. 2:27a plan that went tragically wrong this
60. 2:30is a heroin case and it has been very
61. 2:32challenging to prosecute I would
62. 2:34therefore like to thank everyone who's
63. 2:36come forward to give evidence in such
64. 2:38difficult
65. 2:39circumstances finally I offer the
66. 2:41condolences of the whole prosecution
67. 2:43team to the extended family and friends
68. 2:45of the six children thank you my family
69. 2:48and I have attended Court each and every
70. 2:50day and listened objectively to all the
71. 2:52evidence during this trial to understand
72. 2:55what happened to our six beautiful
73. 2:57children on the 11th of May 2012
74. 3:00our presence in court was to find out
75. 3:02the truth following today's verdict we
76. 3:05the family of Michael Philpot believe
77. 3:07justice has been served this past year
78. 3:10has been a very difficult time for our
79. 3:11family as we have had to come to terms
80. 3:13with what Michael mered and for Mosley
81. 3:15have done we can now attempt to move on
82. 3:18and our six angels can rest in peace I
83. 3:22would however like to take this
84. 3:23opportunity to thank the following
85. 3:24people ask at drve fire and rescue
86. 3:27service who attended the scene in such
87. 3:29harrowing
88. 3:30circumstances Birmingham Burns unit for
89. 3:32their care and support of Dwayne's
90. 3:34treatment the Royal Derby A&E Department
91. 3:37doctors nurses and staff the DJs trust
92. 3:41and catch me when I fall for their
93. 3:42fundraising and support to everyone who
94. 3:45donated money for the children's funeral
95. 3:48and everyone who has supported us
96. 3:49through what has been a very traumatic
97. 3:51year and finally to detective
98. 3:53superintendent Kate mennel the East
99. 3:55Midlands major crime team and the darish
100. 3:58staby for their Untold hours of working
101. 4:00on this case to ensure Justice was
102. 4:03done the following statement is from the
103. 4:05Duffy family who are Mer's family on the
104. 4:0911th of May
105. 4:102012 Dwayne Jade John Jack Jesse and
106. 4:14Jaden were taken away in the
107. 4:26cruestv and we are happy with the
108. 4:29verdict
109. 4:31we would like to thank everybody
110. 4:32involved in this case particularly the
111. 4:34police and CPS medical staff from Derby
112. 4:37and Birmingham hospitals darbishire fire
113. 4:39service and the jury in this
114. 4:41trial we'd like to express our gratitude
115. 4:44also to the young men who tried to save
116. 4:46the children that night you truly are
117. 4:49heroes and to the people of Derby for
118. 4:51giving the children the send off they
119. 4:53deserved thank
120. 4:56you