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Three ways child killer Mick Philpott revealed warped true nature in chilling TV showdown
THIS is the chilling moment child killer Mick Philpott furiously towered over an MP - and revealed his twisted true nature.
The evil dad curled his lip into a snarl and branded Ann Widdecombe a "b***h" after she quizzed him for a TV show back in 2007.
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Five years after the shocking moment, Philpott slaughtered six of his children when he torched his home to get a bigger council property.
The brute and the children's mother Mairead wept at a press conference as they told of the deaths of Duwayne, 13, Jade, 10, Jack, nine, John, eight, Jesse, six and Jayden, five.
But cops became suspicious of their forced crocodile tears - and both were nicked for the horrific crime.
Now new discovery+ doc Mick Philpott: A Faking It Special will look at the tell-tale signs of simmering violence that he was unable to hide.
Curled upper lip
Philpott saw himself as a local celeb after appearing on The Jeremy Kyle Show.
The benefits scrounger, who fathered at least 15 children, portrayed himself as a poster boy for broken Britain.
But "Shameless Mick" lost control after he was quizzed by Widdecombe for ITV show Ann Widdecombe Versus The Benefit Culture for ITV.
He revealed his true nature three ways - aggressively towering over the host, curling his lip in disgust at her questions and losing his temper when challenged.
His volatile temper erupted repeatedly when Widdecombe learned he'd demanded a bigger house from the council - despite claiming £40,000 a year in benefits for his wife, mistress and 11 children, all of whom lived in a three-bed house.
In one clash, Philpott leaned aggressively forward on his sofa and pointed wildly at the MP.
Examining the moment for the new doc, body language expert Dr Cliff Lansley said: "We see on his face there's a movement of his upper lip that creates a horseshoe on his face.
"And when this lip raises - it's hard to do without wrinkling the nose - that's a reliable indicator of disgust."
The expert said Philpott lost his temper after struggling to argue his case with Widdecombe.
"He's not got the logic to argue the fact that he's living in a household with a lot of children, with a wife and a girlfriend, both of whom work, and therefore his job is looking after the children," he added.
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Verbal abuse
Widdecombe feared Philpott would punch her in a pub when he leapt to his feet after she branded him a "coward".
The former politician stands at just 5ft 1in tall - but refused to back down when the thug lost his temper, snapping: "Let's see who's a coward b***h. Let's f***ing move it."
Widdecombe later said he became "very narked indeed" as she pressed him "on work, on morality, on deliberately living on everybody else".
Forensic psychologist Kerry Daynes said: "You've got Ann Widdecombe, who is diminutive in stature, an older woman, but she's got an opinion and she's going to express it.
"This isn't something he's used to at all."
Widdecombe later recalled Philpott was "certainly in control in the house". His wife and his mistress ";went along with it", she said.
Experts on the doc say the killer's misogyny is obvious through the footage of his reaction to Ann.
And his nasty behaviour to women emerged again in the aftermath of the fatal blaze.
Philpott planned to dash back inside and rescue his children from the flames after setting fire to his property. But the plot backfired, and the youngsters perished.
His neighbour Paul Mosely knew what he really happened - and growing concerned that he'd tell cops, Philpott told wife Mairead to perform a sex act on him to keep him quiet.
Ms Daynes said: "He's pimping out his wife here.
"She's just lost her kids, for God's sakes, and he's using her as some form of currency."
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Leaps out of his seat
After Widdecombe accused him of being a "coward", Philpott stood sharply, towering over the interviewer.
He pointed a finger into her face and screamed abuse before storming out of the pub.
Speaking of the moment to filmmakers, Widdecombe said: ";I really thought he was going to hit me."
And Ms Daynes agreed. She said: "I believe that he wanted to assault her.
"This is how he deals with the women in his life.
"This is how he solves the problem of a woman talking back to him."
Philpott does, in fact, have a history of violence against women.
In his early 20s and serving in the Army, he attacked a girlfriend in Derby.
Local journalist Martin Taylor said: "Another time he broke into her house and stabbed her repeatedly.
"When her mother tried to intervene, he stabbed her mother repeatedly as well and was convicted of attempted murder."
Ms Daynes says Philpott's violent and spontaneous nature robbed his children of their futures.
"They would be between the ages of 15 and 23 now, so striking out with their own lives, making their own choices," she said.
"Instead, they're just children in a photograph, frozen in time. All of that life, all of that potential, is wasted.
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"And it was taken from them by the very people they looked to for protection."
- Mick Philpott: A Faking It Special is available to stream now exclusively on discovery+
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