The Case of Mick Philpott

[@hattarapilvi]

three years for stabbing a girl 27 times and her mother 11 times. jesus christ. probably the worst case of injustice ive ever seen.

[@hattarapilvi]

Robert Giles true actually

[@tommyknockers5492]

Thats like a month for every time he stabbed them.

[@tommyknockers5492]

@@robertgiles9124 But the glove didn't fit... ..... ............................................................

[@melodi996]

Worst case? People are sitting in jail because they were attacked and raped, but the attacker has links to those who are higher than justice system. And it happens all the time pretty everyhere.

In the U.S. under three strikes there are people serving more time for selling some cocaine.

[@TheSeventhChild]

"She barely survived" WHAT, nice "7 years" WHAT "Served 3" WHAAAA

[@stonytina3177]

Good old UK and their slap-on-the-wrist sentencing, right? The UK legal system cares so much about the lowest class that they don't even deal proper sentences. And let's face it, he is as lower-class as any old random traveller - the ones he mentioned during that press conference.

[@williammays9408]

@@stonytina3177 leftists whinge about victims but the primary victims of low class criminals is other low class people who live alongside these violent reprobates. Same way in the US

[@MmrDenixX]

They should have sentenced him to an hour alone with that girl's father.

[@condemmend1]

A spineless judicial system.

[@archipiratta]

My thoughts exactly!

[@holdinmcgroin8639]

3 years for attempted double homicide , Jesus Christ

[@theshqiptari8825]

Paul Miller is that the norm over there

[@Blue.Diesel]

Welcome to europe

[@katrabbit]

Stabbed the girl 27 times and "slit her open" ... stabbed the mother 11... I... I don't understand how the UK wouldn't see him as more of a threat to the public?

[@BANJOKUZOOIE]

Seems like a nice guy :/

[@likebutton8656]

Let that have been done in America he would have been doing double life this is why I love good old merry macka

[@brigitpimm8488]

If he got proper sentences for his earlier crimes this might never have happened. How is an individual like this allowed custody of his children in the first place?

[@jketcham9004]

If you put a child into care. They are often abused in the care system. Childrens homes etc. potentially. But yeah. And he met the women he tried to kill when she was 15. He claimed mental illness, that he was suicidal and did'nt realise he had knife. so he played mental illness card.

[@jennifermaddy2442]

He's tried to murder 2 women before all these kids, how on earth omg I'm speechless

[@tuxedocat3020]

Exactly. Another massive failure by the useless UK social services.

[@larhondamickles3976]

He should have never gotten out of prison after Kim and her mother.

[@rebeccagable9629]

Exactly.

[@WarpSpeedGames]

3 years???? Wtf is that?

[@curlyjefferson1015]

British People: I can't believe Americans and their incarceration rates! Also British People: Guys like Mick really deserve a chance!

[@stedysteelsted9174]

I always tough trying to kill some one is same as killing = life in prison (in murica)

[@mcc9040]

He has been released?

[@gafrers]

Thinking of a 37yo with a 14yo kid makes me want to puke like a hydrant.

[@Milenaiguess]

Exactly. That’s the thing with men like him. They always go for younger girls because they know that women their age would easily be able to see what a bunch of losers they are.

[@gafrers]

@@Milenaiguess Even if 14 they sure aren't the cream of the crop; they are low income, low brain, coming from the same settings. Absolutely disgusting, taking advantage of this troubled and stupid girls

[@zensbleexperience3470]

🤢🤮🤢🤮🤢🤮🤢🤮

[@lucyferr365]

Ew same!

[@OfTheSeaKND]

Right! So gross.

[@carlwinslo]

He attempted to murder 2 people. 1 of which he admitted was dead! He served 3 years for that. The people who ran that case should all be fired and charged with criminal negligence.

[@bexproctor360]

Agreed

[@jakehammond12345]

In england they get classes and a comfy bed

[@flowerswerewarpaint646]

I mean, prosecutors won the case. Prison system and legislators did that

[@AspireGMD]

Remember guys, if you ever want to kill someone make sure to do it in the UK.

[@theclassysassymama7515]

Absolutely!! They have blood on their hands from all the other victims.

[@jezistar1881]

Can you imagine feeling so entitled that you have almost 2 dozen kids and feel like your government HAS to pay for them?

[@nunya2954]

That IS England system, why do you think all the Indians and others want to migrate there? they can get the dole, plus free or subsidized housing and send MILLIONS of dollars back home

[@martytruelove5026]

Sounds like CANADA

[@heyheysbk]

I thought that existed only in America.

[@itsmrhunter]

​@@martytruelove5026lmao this literally happened in the UK

[@nadogrl]

Not “government”, TAXPAYERS.

[@headphonic8]

“She had two boys and he wanted a girl.” That’s blood curdling to hear. Terrifying to think what he did to his female children.

[@kimcwhite6509]

I guess he didn't know that the 'father' determines the Sex of the baby...and he was mad at the women for not having a girl!

[@mariamariafujoshiinurarea2524]

Lol when you just use your balls to think and never use your brain cells to learn biology

[@reingp]

There's no sign that he abused them. Not trying to defend the scumbag, but we don't neeed to add that to imagination

[@brynmorepayne1465]

Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived.

[@brushybret]

@@brynmorepayne1465 Henry the VIII I am !

[@ademisc]

"It's not my fault I have 17 kids." Yes it is.

[@nicolenotizieeamici]

Exactly I hate those who choose to have tons of kids and then want help by the government!!! No no no: stop having freaking kids!!!

[@mechanomics2649]

Wasn't his fault, honest! He just accidentally fell on these women enough times to have 17 kids. Could happen to anyone!

[@ijustdontcareanymore1022]

ITS CALLED A CONDOM. Every low income family is deserving of TWO children at most as long as the money is actually going towards those children. The reason why I say this is because a lot of low-income families do work they just can't get a living wage with a good job here in the US. and I don't think that if a woman really desires children that they should be denied that. Have more children if you can afford it. I don't think anyone should be deprived having child if they really want and are going to take care of them while low income but I also don't think that they should be allowed to have more than two. That will put a strain on tax payers. Unfortunately you do have idiots here that'll have child after child after child just to get benefits and it sickens me.

[@stephaniehowe0973]

There is a difference between a Woman w 2 kids & ends up Divorced. And making 17 kids & living on the dole. Is a whole different ball of wax.

[@ceebee491]

Mike drop😁

[@KalCounty]

"All I care about is my kids!" *kills 6 of them*

[@Dinkwadz]

🤣🤣

[@war32mec]

Ya know its really hard to like comments like this but between thumbs down and thumbs up ya gotta pick thumbs up. Hey KZbin get proper like response mechanisms geez!!!

[@isitoveryet9525]

Those poor kids were nothing more than meal tix to him 😔 The only thing he cared about was $.

[@That.Skinny.Climber]

How in the F can you almost kill a mother and daughter and only serve 3 years?! Holy shit brother.

[@Nemacyst117]

British "justice"

[@RaferJeffersonIII]

@@Nemacyst117better than medieval American justice, everyone gets a life sentence in the rape camp

[@alyssaheller7860]

So, America usually punishes everything but murder TOO severely and the UK really doesn't punish violent offenses at all. Thats really the crux. Dont have the time or room in a youtube comment to break down the why for you. Justice systems ARE broken, but not for the reasons most people think.

[@gordonramsdale]

@@RaferJeffersonIII yeah I’d prefer that for this guy

[@RaferJeffersonIII]

@@gordonramsdale yanks are so arrogant which is hilarious given they live in the most violent of all the developed economies and have a ghetto underclass they have to hide from. Yet their answer to everything is more ruthless enforcement and yet more death penalties and sentances.

[@JB_Fraulein_Kunst]

Something people often don't mention is that his first girlfriend Kim suffered pain and medical problems into her adult life due to her injuries and still does. And he got 3 years...

[@poppyfield1619]

So shocking🥺

[@juliaszybowicz7709]

Sick. 🤮 I don't get it. How does a monster like that walk while his girlfriend continues to suffer from the injuries he inflicted?! So sick.

[@iamhereblossom1588]

Exactly. I doubt you're ever the same after someone "slices you open" that's a lifelong ordeal.

[@kathleengleason9805]

Oh Kim I pray for u

[@burnerbrecks5]

That’s the good old British justice system for you

[@peterpike]

It would be a real shame if someone accidentally poured petrol into Mick's cell and started to smoke a cigarette. Real shame.

[@lucassmith1886]

Yup, exactly! A couple of big dudes could even accidentally go in the wrong cell and end up in his beforehand, only for him to "fall" repeatedly right before the "big spill" and one of the guys after leaving turned around to "hand him a cigarette" through the bars. The streets of the entirety of the UK would be filled to the brim with mourning people.

[@lucassmith1886]

@Sassy The Sasquatch ah well, I guess they will have to accidentally light a match and toss it to him... Or he could also accidentally be put into a locked room with a bunch of sexual predators only to be passed around every day while on suicide watch so he can't take his own life. Then maybe he might "slip and fall" down some stairs every other day as well before finally taking a bath in some of the janitorial cleaning supplies that contain acid

[@reinhartaltavillaferrara3546]

Accidents tend to happen

[@MsFifi11c]

As we say in Glasgow shite disnae burn

[@maxblak7446]

😏

[@124Nightwing]

He has an attempted murder charge on his record and he’s allowed to have custody?...

[@deannelson6077]

Mental isn't it.

[@VenusInFurs2100]

Makes England look like a 4th world country.

[@mr.anonymous5501]

The thing about that is the majority of people who commit violent acts with intentions of murder, outside of gang activity / the societal underground, they target one person for spesific reasons. If you were to stop anyone with a violent incident in their past from having children, the children would starve. Unless you want to basically give them to the financially capable, when then you've got a whole new list of characters to investigate, because it's a burden that the regular, working class, already almost bled dry tax payer couldn't support. There has to be a more discretionary way to isolate the people like this guy from people who had a mad two minutes. Keeping the distinction between those two totally different situations is important.

[@memawknowsbest4978]

@@VenusInFurs2100 I think a 4th world country would have harsher punishments than these people received. I mean, once upon a time, the Uk would hang children for stealing bread but now they don't even bother to lock up murders for life without parole.

[@techtronicman1]

Government... these people say they know what's best for you and yours

[@gretahelphrey7842]

He doesn’t want “peace and quiet.” He wants to be center stage. He wants all the air in the room. Pure evil.

[@LauraLeeX777]

I remember watching this, and thinking "he's not grieving the loss of his children, he's grieving the loss benefits." Still believe it to this day.

[@11ozzielover]

I mean, he honestly doesn’t really look like he’s actually grieving anything. He looks like a kid acting in a school play that he’s sad

[@maryannanderson7517]

I believe if you look up the words worthless, low-down, waste of human DNA you might see Mick's picture. I love how he gets all indignant "I don't care what you think about my having 17 kids because at the end of the day it's my life and my business". Well, that's not exactly true, you piece of garbage. When the people are paying for all your kids because your worthless hide is too sorry to work, it actually becomes the business of all those people who are raising your children. Oh, and Mick, BTW, for what you did to your children, England should reinstate the death penalty so you could have the honor of being the first person executed under the new law. When I see those two decent men who cry because they were unable to rescue the children and their own father is reminding their mother to cry a little, it makes me ill. I hope those men have found some peace by knowing that they did their best to rescue the children and NO ONE is to blame for the children's deaths except the scumbag parents. **** I don't believe the interview with the men who made the heroic effort to rescue the children and cried while they explained how they were unable to do so was included in this particular piece but I saw it on another story about the children who died at the hands of their own mother and father. They were good and decent men and the very real grief they showed at their inability to save the children is in sharp contrast with the POS "father" who scrubbed at his eyes even though they were dry as could be and then asked his wife if she had cried while she told the story to the cops and/or the media.

[@ceebee491]

Well said mate. He will answer for his crimes.....

[@she_sings_delightful_things]

You are 100% correct....I'm sure of it.

[@constanzerodriguezalvarez9477]

@@maryannanderson7517 - wow Maryann. I'm totally agree with you. This case is more disgusting like a bunch of shit.

[@marcdraco2189]

He definitely love kids, he married three of them!

[@James4791zx]

😅😅

[@lulucolby8882]

Lol! Funny! ...and oh so disturbing.

[@kipechawolfeortiz8791]

I CANNOT. 🤧🤧🤧🤧🤧🤧

[@michelarose9486]

someone had to say it

[@lou_77_]

No wonder he beat one of his wives for not giving him a girl 🤢

[@luvondarox]

"He stabbed her 27 times ... slit her open..." Me: life sentence, hopefully death penalty of she died UK Justice System: Lol, he's such a good boy. 3 years.

[@dreyddog19]

Can he get extra time for being a loser and dredge on society?

[@unclefranklin4575]

He didn't even get a no contact order and even got to send her letters. And here I thought the UK would have stricter laws...

[@MrBevoRules]

My mouth dropped open when I heard that. I don't understand why murder and attempted murder are different things. Too stupid or unlucky to actually kill someone? Ah, just a slap on the wrist then.

[@cody6102]

SENTENCED to 7yrs, he’s not even on parole for life! In the US you rarely get a flat sentence (meaning no probation or parole after prison/jail) for any charge, let alone a murder! This guy was CONVICTED of a murder charge, and isn’t even sentenced to any supervision. This is what happens in the UK and Canada, and they almost always reoffend for the same crime they’d usually be under supervision for in the US. Unfortunately you have countries going to the extreme of both sides when it comes to the legal system. US acts far too harsh in a lot of scenarios they shouldn’t such as drug possession and other non violent offenses. And you have countries like UK and Canada who are way too lenient when it comes to serious crimes like murder and assault. Canada has has multiple cases where murderers get out in under 15 years and murder someone else. There should be zero tolerance for murder and serious assault. If someone is seriously remorseful sometimes they shouldn’t rot in prison either. But people often need supervision after release, especially in cases where the person has done a long prison stay.

[@ZombieSazza]

@@unclefranklin4575 there’s stricter laws now, but a decade ago the laws regarding domestic abuse weren’t that great, they didn’t even acknowledge psychological abuse. There’s laws covering psychological abuse now, but sadly the victim needs to apply for a no contact order/restraining order. I’ve complained to police about my abusive natural family because they’ve committed hate crimes against me (homophobia and ableism) and whilst they can charge them under hate crime laws, they won’t offer a restraining order, that’s something I’ve to do myself. It’s kinda fucked honestly, it should be an automatic given

[@L_Leocel]

UK courts giving out relatively short-term jail time for crimes this heinous is beyond my comprehension 😡

[@ClaireBidart64]

Yes, I can't... I am just... Out of words... So much harm, so many deaths, the utter lack of guilt... He is a monster, how come he gets such light sentences... ?

[@sonyagriffy]

I don't know what's more disgusting, Mick or the UK justice system?!

[@emmabbyreborns341]

Right?!

[@silkyjohnson4519]

Both

[@JL-el7ju]

Yep your right we who live in the U.K. say the same the system is fucked here.

[@Menagerie_K]

@Rodney D Belanger Texas, he wouldn't have survived his prison term after stabbing two women like that.

[@lynsey4224]

That's why we've got teens thinking they own the streets and if police dare to restrain them for being thugs their mothers are all over Facebook complaining about how bad the police are, calling him bullies etc for telling their precious child no! It's embarrassing

[@mrrichardgray6405]

15 years , 7 years . For killing 6 children. What a slap in the face for all involved England always been lenient on child killers.

[@mrrichardgray6405]

@Russian Bot #568984 Really all Commonwealth Nations real lenient on all crimes against children . The fact that the Philpotts Will be free now or soon is testament to that. Oxygen thief's

[@mrrichardgray6405]

@Tim Haverland In Australia Corrective Services spend more Money in Protecting Pedophilies , child killers , and protect them after released as well hiding them somewhere . Dont get me wrong if the protected scum stray from there protection area. Will get dealt with accordingly. Peace.

[@edelgado555]

seriously, what a joke!

[@MrSkrifle]

@@mrrichardgray6405 that's bs, you end up in protective custody

[@biggiewiggie5557]

It's almost like the people in charge relate more to the criminals than they do the victims. I wonder why...

[@laurenhazlett6327]

I guess he finally got his wish. He ended up in the big house.

[@kraftybbx1386]

Wheyyy

[@RonniePickeringMate]

Bravo 👌🏻

[@laylaminrir]

Biggest house ayyy

[@chrisward9218]

Super underrated comment

[@soloseraphimheartsong3710]

I see what you did there.

[@mallorycannon3011]

I like that he includes the news footage and photos in his videos. I always wonder what the victims look like in those without them. It seems like he actually cares about getting the victims stories out not just filming himself talk.

[@undeadnightorc]

"He was sentenced to seven and a half years, though he was let out after three for good behavior." (looks at progress bar and sees video has 18 more minutes) Ohhh boy.

[@MrOnionterror]

This was the 70s remember. 'It takes two to make an argument', that sort of vibe.

[@amyrainbow237]

Same exact thoughts

[@christinefortner7725]

Outrageous & unacceptable! 👶👶👶👶👶👶

[@michaeljames4904]

Britain’s criminal justice system is a farce because it has a vastly increased population while still operating a prison infrastructure with capacities mostly dating to the Victorian era (plus arsehole judges). Like so many things shit about this country, like its rail network, it’s due to the country being first, in this case pioneering incarceration as an alternative to execution or deportation, while being terminally unable since the mid-50s to engage in government capital infrastructure investment, mindful of genuine future need.

[@Sassannid]

Let out after 3 years for "good behavior". I truly wish judges like that who hand down such sentences could be jailed for life without parole

[@NoBootyBeauty]

A lot of these judges "love children" too, though, so...

[@arthurmorgan7086]

@@NoBootyBeauty yawn

[@ZombieSazza]

Sadly our justice system is a bit of a fucking joke

[@bexproctor360]

I agree

[@bexproctor360]

@@arthurmorgan7086 what do u mean yawn ?

[@redmanish]

God, Lisa must’ve felt so lucky she was able to get her babies out of that circus alive.

[@whiskeylullaby5707]

Im sure she also felt very guilty. The whole "if I didn't leave they'd still be alive" thing

[@juanitaschumacher782]

She liked the circus,please

[@isitoveryet9525]

@@whiskeylullaby5707 I’m sure there’s some sort of survivor’s guilt but I just hope she’s able to work through it. She did what any good parent would do, & protected her children. It’s a shame those sickos only got a minimum of 8 & a half years smh

[@isitoveryet9525]

@@juanitaschumacher782 oh….is that why she left? Pretty twisted to claim an abuse victim enjoyed it.

[@irish2772]

@@juanitaschumacher782 don't project your twisted fantasies onto other people.

[@hudsonvalicity5166]

The punishment doesn’t fit the crime in my opinion. Never involve kids in adult bs!!

[@gordonsmith4884]

So true, well said!

[@tomasviane3844]

Mick must've been devastated. Losing half of his income in a few days time.

[@MrBooBeeDoo]

Sad but true.

[@kodykindhart8230]

Humans are sad and deprived

[@jvalencia6876]

@@kodykindhart8230 yes we sre

[@stevechristie2569]

Bahahaha

[@NoBootyBeauty]

Damn, that was SAVAGE! 😆

[@heyheytaytay]

Him in that news conference is absolutely disgusting. The monster playing the victim.

[@yosephmayfield8]

Such bad acting

[@darrenmania4306]

Well said

[@michaeljames4904]

Police in the UK use this strategy many, many times: with people they suspect to be guilty. To psychologically ramp up their emotions. The press conference was just the bait, for a man they knew had revelled in many media interviews and shows before so he’d bite, the hook was the couple’s bugged hotel room.

[@anthonysanchez4402]

3 years for stabbing and almost killing 2 women wtf?

[@pinecone1113]

Prison sentences in Europe tend to be a LOT shorter than in the USA.

[@deannelson6077]

I know its hard to believe but The Powers That Be love releasing mad psycopathic murderers back into the general population. After all they are evil nonce psychopaths themselves. It's all by design. 👍

[@louismichael3571]

In the US thats 15 minimum with a great attorney. Sad

[@sarzbeth]

I'm American and my ex stabbed me in my throat multiple times and left when he thought for sure I wouldnt survive...he only served 4 years. No court systems care about women.

[@midnightodellewest1999]

@@sarzbeth my 'like' is for calling attention to the misogyny in the legal system, not for what happened to you. I hope you are someplace safe and far away from your ex.

[@ebikoroye5766]

He should have gotten life for that first crime. Even what he said to the paramedics, he should have gotten life. Poor poor children

[@booklove6319]

15 years in prison is not much for the lives of 6 kids that hadn't lived yet.

[@wildnfree101]

he will serve about 20 years then get parole

[@kevinforbesofficial]

less than three years a kid.

[@brockismyhero989]

They should have gotten life, in my opinion... And no death penalty either! That's too easy.

[@eiresaoirse3258]

Hes better of staying in prison i rekon...

[@bpoin1]

England has some small prison terms for some heinous crimes. Damn here in the USA they give you 15 years for drugs. In England you kill people and get out in 10 years

[@tweetscotchy1093]

He’s grotesque. How was he so popular with the ladies? Despicable.

[@ms.artichokecheesepizzawst3239]

I know! How ??????

[@wildnfree101]

gift of the gab and women with low self esteem

[@vn9950]

🤢🤮

[@tweetscotchy1093]

Salieri 🤢

[@butterfly7624]

He seemed to seek out mostly children as well as very young women who he could manipulate easily.

[@rodeo9837]

My mouth dropped open when he said none of the men in the bar lifted a finger to help her when Mick attacked her. Made her sit down and no one did anything... complicit. Disgusting.

[@magicmyc2672]

People like him don’t happen in a vacuum, he and his friends would be similar people.

[@grace4551]

Yeah it is the way here, Brits love to bury their heads in the sand A LOT! smh

[@gordonsmith4884]

@@grace4551 Scum do that, I wouldn't stand for it and know many (male and female) who wouldn't either. The great shame is in a way you are right, to many people look the other way, not just in this country:-(

[@Miles-yl7cg]

That kind of behavior wouldn’t fly in the bars I’ve been to in the states.

[@chrisSandersASX]

Nah thats a thougj sitiation. Im a martial artist problem is in situation like this, you could be the one going to jail. I once broke up a bar fight then men got to go home.i found out i had an unpaid traffic ticket, and i went to jail.

[@jeannierodgers1523]

I felt sorry for the two neighbors who tried to save the kids I watched an interview with them and they were both heart broken that they couldn't save them .I read in the paper that she's out of prison the UK'S justice system sucks .

[@8reesh]

"you slept with my sister, now your the father of my uncle" LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

[@janetwestwood9194]

😆😅🤣 👀

[@e4unow421]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 I died.

[@SuzyKim84]

🤣😂 I had to rewind & think about that for a second!

[@8reesh]

@@SuzyKim84 loool that caught me by surprise, funniest thing ever XD

[@8reesh]

@@Art_thecl0wn every time someone replies, i come back and remember what he said, and i just start laughing LOOL

[@GenXfrom75]

This man is absolutely VILE.

[@beauteafulnia6722]

All paid for with the British taxes...... this guy

[@channelthree9424]

Mick has no grief for his kids. He just loves the attention.

[@abbyfairbrother6057]

Both of them had no actual tears at that press conference.

[@wendesmith6240]

@@abbyfairbrother6057 I saw a documentary about this and that fact was one of the reasons the police looked at them as the perpetrators. A body language expert commented on it.

[@taydestiny38]

I mean, the guy literally tried to pick up a female cop at the news conference. Not sure how insincere one can get!

[@missyd5016]

Typical narcissist

[@sixthsenseamelia4695]

No love for them either. Narcopaths are incapable.

[@hannahcoles3981]

What's so horrific about this case is that the story of his abuse on his girlfriends, stabbing one of them and almost murdering her would have been a bad enough true crime story on it's own, you know someone is truly evil when that's not even the main part of the story!

[@EmulsionTime]

Life sentence, 15 years. Did they mistake him for a medium-sized dog?

[@markmike7933]

LOL While I lean to the right a little, I do think US sentences can be pretty brutal sometimes. In this case, I wish he was tried in TX.

[@bood22ataol]

Get out in half for ''good behaviour''.

[@IconoclastX]

​@@markmike7933 I want to replace prison with punitive reimbursement of victims. I don't really lean to the "let's give a sextuple murderer 2 years in prison" or "let's give a guy who smoked weed 99 years in prion" side of the isle. The system should first and foremost FORCE the perpetrator to give back to the victim what they damaged and that includes organs. Still though, It is funny how liberals are starting to get fed up with the sentencing in particular. Even if you don't at all care about justice and simply see prison as a crime deterrent it fails at that. This man should have been put away for life so that he never would have offended again. He was obviously dangerous and a psychopath. The only reason these libtopia european nations haven't completely collapsed is because of they're relatively low populations, lack of federalism, and culturally homogenous populous due to the fact that no sane person wants to immigrant into they're countries.

[@MrTim223]

They should've said he had drugs, then it's what, 20-30 years?

[@apostleverde]

@@IconoclastX In US, there are a lot more people doing serious hard time for relatively minor crimes (e.g. 10-15 for possession of pot) than there are people who got off lightly for really serious crimes.

[@HexatheonRPG]

Ann Widdecombe yelling "get a job" over and over like a child at a northern benefits scrounger/child murderer is possibly the most british thing to ever air on television

[@nightynightshade]

Hexatheon LMFAOOO 😂😂😂

[@tabb5818]

Wtf was Anne Widdecombe doing in this psychos house?!

[@d_inkz]

@@tabb5818 some show where she went round telling people on benefits to get a job basically

[@tabb5818]

Dinky sounds great. What’s it called?

[@tabb5818]

Silvercloud141 141 me too top lass

[@sarahtonini4397]

Had a small stroke when I heard 7 years. Whoever convicted him the first time should be held responsible for everything after

[@optoms1178]

What a sick man

[@anaistm174]

Wow. “Unfortunately, Mick was a fool.” The way Mike said that with that serious face on, gave me real goosebumps. Anyone else?

[@keithdevlin1]

Always amusing to see a guy with more kids than teeth.

[@samwallaceofscotland]

😆😆😆

[@iankempster7007]

Lol 🤣

[@DMelli-xr9gc]

For real 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@agneskorea5000]

LOL

[@judys8317]

😂😂😂

[@xxdigitaldeathxx]

“Wouldn’t bother, she’s a goner, done a good job on her”. Doesn’t even kill her

[@lordflashheart3706]

Cue "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" theme

[@fictionalforest3791]

@@lordflashheart3706 "The Gang Does a Bad Job on Her"

[@al.8813]

Tools I need my tools

[@thievingx]

he jinxed it

[@itsjordie5156]

@@lordflashheart3706 I think youre thinking of the "Curb Your Enthusiasm" theme

[@lilianmcguigan9240]

"F them, I'll have some more babies!" I guarantee if he was the one who would have had to birth those babies, he wouldn't even have had the guts to birth one.

[@zess5348]

True facts

[@mandalynn410]

YESSS

[@allencollins9951]

Or if he had to pay for them

[@justind2143]

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha (I’m laughing at you NOT with you btw)

[@timmarrs2997]

15 years is all he got? I can't believe that, especially after a previous attempted murder, which only 3? That's a very sad judicial system, I thought ours was bad.

[@sherimorgan7107]

Mick loved kids... His next girlfriend was 14 yrs old. Yeah, we definitely see how much he loved kids 👀 👀😳

[@eddieh.5916]

Got to love that British justice! Guy did three years for stabbing his first wife 28 times and his mother-in-law 11 times. Then killing the children he gets a minimum 15 year sentence. Wow!

[@nicolenotizieeamici]

Awful

[@deadprivacy]

it stinks to high heaven, jail time for "offensive tweets" is about the same as that for attempted murder or running a child raping gang.

[@zencooking6983]

I know. Gross miscarriage of justice.

[@zatherz2498]

britbongs actually believe this is just

[@Trollificusv2]

You're missing the point, Eddie. Which is, the judge and prosecutor get to feel good about how merciful they are. What greater reward can justice provide?

[@myghal4620]

3 years for attempted murder then 15 years for killing 6 of his children is a joke

[@mrgainz7252]

Welcome too the u.k where selling drugs is worse than raping children, only explanation for me is the men making up these laws/sentences prioritise losing money to drug dealers over molestation.

[@ariaaa_g]

MR GAINZ that really must be the case, i cant think of other explanation of this craziness

[@easttowest5984]

Don't forget he could get out sooner. 🤮

[@itslikethat5456]

Yeah, and people make fun of America because of our gun laws, etc. Well, at least we know how to take care of criminals(for the most part). Most of the time our justice system does a decent job punishing murderers, and the like. Although the deaths of his kids may of been an accident, he knew better and should of received a life sentence as he's a danger to society. That's the difference in a socialistic society. Sadly, we're headed that way and will be more socialistic than the uk someday.

[@quintonb9908]

It's like that this is one of the most laughable comments i've ever read

[@FluffyKittenOfDeath]

I watch a lot of true crime KZbinrs but Mike is the only one where I will watch a case i am already familiar with, just to hear his comments about it

[@Inuhater]

flirted with a policewoman AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE!?!?!?! absolutely shameless

[@SteamBuck]

I think flirting is putting it mildly when asking the policewoman to come back to your hotel room at your 6 dead kids press conference.

[@jokerizedpaul]

@@SteamBuck He hit on her.

[@josephosullivan9506]

The arrogance of a psychopath.

[@jozozo123]

This is a joke. They don't even have to serve half of their sentences and then they'll probably be out. The UK justice system continues to disappoint me.

[@sarahscraftyallsorts6482]

somethingwicked am in England and totally agree its shite

[@verityowens9638]

It's disgusting!

[@matty6848]

Exactly our justice system is a laughing stock of the world!

[@sarahscraftyallsorts6482]

We need to bring back capital punishment, especially for child killers and serial killers like rose west, peter Sutcliffe and Ian Brady . Hanging .

[@jaycievictory8461]

Not disagreeing with overarching point - the sentencing for rapists is shockingly lenient - but in the case of Mick they said he would be serving 15 years "at a minimum" i.e. they may get to 15 years and decide he's still not allowed out. I don't think they'll let him out. ☝️

[@ricknelsonm]

Why did he only get 7 years for his serious crimes from the start, and then only served 3, he should have gotten life, the system is full of s..t and now see what happen afterwards, had he been in prison for life at first, he would of not continued his insanity

[@tazhienunurbusinezz1703]

Domestic violence used to be sentenced very lightly, if it was prosecuted at all, so did rape & child abuse. Then they wondered why that shit was rampant & why people got worse instead of better. Hmm...that's a tough one.

[@cigiss]

Would have not or would've not. "Would of not" does not exist

@@tazhienunurbusinezz1703 breaking in to a house and nearly stabbing two women to death inside should not count as domestic abuse.

[@tazhienunurbusinezz1703]

@ It shouldn't but more than a few old school cops would have seen it as such because they had been in a relationship previously. Crimes against women & children just weren't taken as seriously back then as they are now.

[@hambonejamboree7750]

That’s the UK for you. He’d have gotten life if he said something offensive while carrying out the crime.

[@shaurmiath6719]

Lesson learned here. When someone has the audacity to hit a loved one in public, drawing blood, think about what they'll do behind closed doors. If you see something, say something. Do something. Don't be bystanders. People like that don't change if they don't face consequences. They get more and more audacious and put lives in danger to control others, just like this man did. Abusers are adept at keeping their victims from speaking up or taking action. We have to.

[@bethm5791]

“It’s not my fault I have 17 kids.” Actually bro it’s EXACTLY your fault. He clearly doesn’t know how this works and it explains a lot 😂😂😭😭

[@cindyhammack68]

He apparently also doesn't understand that is the sperm, not the egg, that determines a baby's gender.

[@toddswift8737]

...he needed to be sterilized...

[@kmjr2400]

@@toddswift8737 Don't you mean , EUTHANIZED?

[@Orneryone]

His pull-out game is weak.

[@bethm5791]

MrZaloudek one of the weakest of all time.

[@dugger0]

Those poor children. Murder is always sad but the stories involving kids just break my heart on another level.

[@hypnocilicdreams]

this happened in my home city. it sickened the entire community.

[@annemiekvdbos]

Yeah same😔

[@alyssaspencer3197]

UK prison sentences are a joke. I thought Canada was bad.

[@swelldritch2774]

When I was in college, I learned about a couple that did 49 years for growing weed. Which is now legal in the same state.

[@RealNaisuCinema]

And then people judge America for having so many prisoners and they’re giving a guy 3 years for double attempted murder and 17 years for killing 6 children

[@AuDHDarling]

@@RealNaisuCinema , I think the US is mostly criticized for giving long sentences to nonviolent offenders and for disproportionately incarcerating people of color, specifically black males.

[@radioactiveheart3512]

Wait till you hear about the nordic countries. Oh and don't you dare defend yourself, because if you do you can be sued by the perpetrator for "overbreach of defending yourself". Most often than not you're convicted. There was a joke we used to tell that if if somebody steals something from you, just let them, you probably get the worst conviction than the criminal. Oh and getting a conviction on a rape case is a fucking joke. It's mostly just more trauma to the victim rather than barely a slap on the wrist of the perp. Oh and if the perp already has a sentence they can see it as a REDUCING quality when sentencing.

[@aneubeck4053]

@@RealNaisuCinema exacty

[@raymondkymsuttle]

That “you’ll have to excuse me for a moment” & holding the hanky to his face is farcical.

[@ximiditi]

When Mike uses both his KZbin shirts at once I know shit just got serious

[@lindavanocker1841]

Why did he get less time than the other two?? Those sounds like sentences for manslaughter of one child not half a dozen!!

[@robinmaynard1640]

True dat.

[@alicerizing280]

lol

[@jinnmallik5459]

Nice.

[@bhocolatebhipbookie3967]

🤣🤣🤣

[@headphonic8]

And people still ask abuse victims “WhY dOnT yOu JuSt LeAvE?” This is why

[@Not-TheOne]

yeah, and also, alot of abuse victims dont have anywhere else to go, so they are stuck.

[@floraposteschild4184]

Doesn't explain why women keep hooking up with him, though. His record was not exactly unknown, especially after the TV appearances. I dunno. Maybe he targeted women who were mentally disabled.

[@ofulero46]

Flora Posteschild the ages of them when they started hooking up can explain that, a 14 years old girl, a 16 orfan. Some people have damaged lives.

[@VenusInFurs2100]

Exactly.

[@noh-1386]

@@floraposteschild4184 narcissists have laser vision for vulnerable people. they don't just use it to target victims, they surround themselves with easily led people in life, too. people who blame the women for hooking up with him are failing to understand the raw manipulative power a narcissist holds. directed at a teen girl... many would never have a chance, a lot more than you really want to know.

[@Adara007]

One of the detectives on this case was observing Mick Philpott and Mairead at their press conference and said they had no real tears and Mick talked like he was an actor who'd won an Academy Award, the children being an afterthought or his possessions. Mick was revelling in the attention. Hopefully, he's receiving a different type of attention in prison.

[@sixthsenseamelia4695]

His children WERE possessions. That's how narc parents are.

[@ccharms60]

Wow he flirted with a police officer when his children just died in a fire that he started and then he is to dumb to know that he is being recorded smh lock both of them up and throw away the key

[@juniorloaf12]

How can you be let out in tree years after stabbing two women nearly to death dozens of times?

[@makien2848]

My mind is spinning. What a world we are living in. 😖

[@matteframe]

Britain

[@PersonalBubble0420]

Tree years 🌲 🌲 🌲 lmao! We love Mike! The monster he speaks of, not so much.

[@coolcougar]

Surprised he's not American!😄

[@juniorloaf12]

@@coolcougar why do you say that?

[@anthonysilva227]

This dude was fully committed to retiring the word “scumbag.”

[@holdenmasters2676]

Mate , outstanding !

[@felineexceptional]

One of my daughters was in school with one of the Philpott children. It was an awful thing this man did.

[@Taytates-lr6kg]

He had all them caravans on his front..on victory road..house is gone now..guys a scumbag..I'm from sinfin

[@ispartacus1337]

Lol which part?

[@courtneykirk1746]

I'm a fellow Derbian too... I was friends with some of his family. What an absolute sick bastard.

[@danacampbell8331]

One? Were were the other 16 or 17?

[@josephosullivan9506]

How horrific for children in the area! Monsters are real, they just appear human, evil man

[@margadam6358]

He should have NEVER been let out of prison the first time.,!!! 😡

[@laur131306]

The level of entitlement from this man is unreal. Hes unemployed and keeps having children but....he deserve a bigger house? Truly incredible 🙄

[@slyph63]

Him and his ilk have ruined the welfare system of the UK

[@threehermans15]

That’s what the welfare system does in the UK and that’s why it should NEVER be implemented here in the USA because it just makes the hard working people PAY for the scum like this to have a nice comfortable life

[@burnerbrecks5]

@@threehermans15 yes exactly. There is already a huge problem of people who abuse the welfare system in the US as well. There should be increasingly reduced welfare available the more children people have, implemented forward.

[@threehermans15]

@@burnerbrecks5 amen my guy

[@ItsAlwaysRusty]

@@threehermans15 Correction: Any life. Heck with their comfort.. Get a job..

[@rumorhasit9506]

I can't believe Kim and her mother survived. He should have been locked up for good after that incident.

[@rachelprinsloo7520]

Exactly! 3 years? They could have stopped this

[@curtismaize]

This countries justice system is a complete an utter joke.

[@PyrrhusBrin]

15 years minimum is pretty much the states equivalent of how long until the possibility of parole. If the criminal is judged to be a threat to society they will be denied every time. I don't understand the confusion about that.

[@littlenonni4410]

@@PyrrhusBrin did you actually watch the video 😂 I think they were referring to the earlier conviction after he slit open his girlfriend and stabbed her 27 times and was out in 3 years!

[@nickn271]

This entire case is messed up from a justice standpoint. The system was lenient toward Mick every step of the way. His first conviction should have resulted in him being locked up for the remainder of his life.

[@Vee-Shan-CC]

"He was mad because he wanted a girl". The implications there are chilling.

[@chowder8802]

Henry the Eighth taught him nothing

[@SleepyLeeeee]

No kidding. How bad of a home environment these wives have to have come from to hitch their star to this guy.

[@eiresaoirse3258]

Oh dont have me thinkin like that

[@sint0xicateme]

@@SleepyLeeeee haha you just reminded me of something my mom said when I was dating some asshole dude: "When you've hitched your star to a porta potty, things are going to be shitty!"

[@SleepyLeeeee]

@@sint0xicateme lol, your mom was right tho! Smart woman!

[@Lamedvavnik]

I worked with a guy that worked for the local council where this guy lived. He had a load of stories about this guy, you won’t be surprised to hear he came across like a scumbag in every story.

[@KP_Gem]

"You slept with my sister now you're the father of my uncle" 😂😂😭

[@tawncaputo686]

Lmao 🤣 classic

[@philiptucker7590]

Sweet Home Alaba….I mean Europe 🪕 🦷 🥃

[@supastar25]

LOL

[@PyrrhusBrin]

He's his own grandpa

[@marlenereineke3562]

Thanks

[@SwedePotato314]

I'm speechless I really cant wrap my brain around this. I'm going to need 3 to 5 business days to process this.

[@embratsch3613]

Same girl!

[@DavidandShirley]

You’ll never wrap your brain around it, the man was human sewage unfortunately.

[@michelealphonso6619]

Well on HIS bright side, he did move into a bigger house...the BIG HOUSE smh. God Bless those babies 💙💙💙💙💙💙

[@BalboaBaggins]

women having poor choice in men, what else is new

[@xVampie]

@@BalboaBaggins men having poor choices in behavior, what else is new

[@Elite459]

The big brother house

[@peony4175]

@@xVampie a mix of both-- people need to learn to see when something is too good to be true

[@deniserossiter1059]

First of all if he was properly put away when he almost killed Kim & her mother practically stabbing them to death (barely survived) this waste of space wouldn’t have gone on to wreak havoc on how many more woman & children. Then he kills his 6 kids & gets life but only has to serve 15.... wtf? How is that LIFE?? He should be serving 6 life sentences period! No parole. What a joke.

[@GMW.artist]

Vasectomies are available on the NHS... And dentures...

[@nicolenotizieeamici]

They should be enforced in these cases after max 2-3 kids - no available: enforced to these monsters.

[@BalboaBaggins]

women having poor choice in men, what else is new

[@margaesperanza]

Mairead is a free woman now after only serving 8 years. She got to leave in a high security caravan and granted a new identity. The justice system in the UK sucks.

[@nicholemiles8847]

There was actually 2 brothers that tried so hard to get them babies out. And they couldn't. It really messed up one of them. He kept talking about them finally being able to pull the kids out and laying them one by one beside each other in front of the house. I think he even attempted CPR on one or more of them. He was fiscally and mentally in more pain then the parents.

[@bananawammabama]

Did you mean physically and mentally?

[@nicholemiles8847]

@@bananawammabama lmao I am so sorry. Yes physically and mentally.

[@jancarr1]

@@nicholemiles8847 Ignore bananaxo. He clearly has nothing important to add to your comment. You are right about the brothers. They were left traumatised and guilt ridden even though they tried their best to save the children. Philpott is the worst of the worst

[@nicholemiles8847]

@@jancarr1 Thank you.

[@TheOceanLoader]

@@jancarr1 That's rude of you. He was just asking a question. How about people just ignore you?

[@rvpsmdsk]

That speech he gave was like a award ceremony lol, what a psychopath.

[@jay_bro8113]

Should have been an actor.....

[@CrypticCharm]

I remember this, 6 kids. the bastard's actions killed his 6 children. i really hope Lisa and the rest have been able to move on Also noticed in the press conference, he's not asing for help to find who did it, but thanking those who tried to help. classic signs since he knew who had done it Also those those feeling sympathy for Mairead , since she lost all her children that night, all of them. Michael, Micks's eldest son with Heather. Mairead was sleeping with him, sexually abusing him on a regular basis since he was a teenager, from the age of 14. too young to consent, so she was a rapist. both of them such monsters, those six children, all those children from all those woman deserved better

[@lucassmith1886]

Damn I didn't know that about her and the son. I wouldn't trust ANYONE that spent extended periods of time around him anyways, he's as obvious of a scumbag as they get. You can take one look at him, hear him speak one sentence and you can tell right off the bat

[@lizhall4473]

I remember this well, and I agree the press conference was almost like he was accepting an Oscar! All about him, him him - and whilst Ive never felt anything but contempt for Mairead, I didn't know she was in a sexual relationship with his son. Do you have a link please? What an utter piece of shite Mick Philpott was/is. He never had an adult woman as a partner, he had to control, shape and groom CHILDREN instead.

[@lizhall4473]

@@lucassmith1886 I know, it's like "I got your number" lol

[@Abi-do2ck]

I remember their neighbour. That absoloute poor man was devestated he couldn't save those kids.

[@hypnocilicdreams]

this happened in my home city. it sickened the entire community.

[@lemmysandberg4516]

The fact he wanted his kids to be girls so badly really rubs me the wrong way. It really seems to me like he was planning to do awful things to them once they where like in puberty.

[@quizzabella]

He beat up that kid he got pregnant because she had two boys and he wanted a girl? Oh nothing worrying about that at all. I remember this all being in the newspapers at the time. What a POS, so sad for the kids. Jesus he's 45? he's 7 years older than me and looks like my grand-dad.

[@BalboaBaggins]

women having poor choice in men, what else is new

[@femsff7090]

@@BalboaBaggins If you listened carefully, two of his exes were underage when he groomed and/or impregnated them and the wife was only 19 and had just escaped an abusive relationship. He targeted them and because they didn't know any better (probably didn't have a good representation of a relationship/marriage at home, most likely because of irresponsible fathers) they fell for it.

[@jenniferroya3606]

Scary that he wanted a girl!!!!!

[@itsmeanne]

Balboa Baggins you can hardly call an underage GIRL a woman!! Nor can you blame them for that POS human garbage’s behaviour!!! I’m going to take a moment to pray he gets some of his own treatment while he’s rotting in prison. Such a shame his father wasn’t sterile.

[@missshannonfaith]

Jesus.

[@elizamary1595]

And Mairead has just been released from prison, she is going to get a new identity. There’s no way justice has been served to those six children 😰😢😢😢😢

[@becgould3772]

Sick isn't it? I heard that she was out and I was totally disgusted by it.

[@karenengelhardt1610]

Whaaaat That is it I'm going over and I'm gonna get rid of her

[@becgould3772]

@@karenengelhardt1610 yep she is getting everything handed to a long with a new id. Its just sick.

[@condemmend1]

Because they don't care about the children. Those in power are the same as them. So they feel bad for them

[@becgould3772]

@@stevechristie2569 no iam older than that, why??

[@mooserepellant.]

I got to the fire and had to take a break. How utterly sick and devastating. Those poor babies. This is probably one of the more horrific cases I've ever heard of.

[@fire7560]

this is like the most bizarre but tragic case ive ever seen

[@schmerzdj5719]

Gotta love the entitlement..... "I'm not working, I deserve a bigger house'

[@Kunfucious577]

Sounds like california

[@jan-jaaphaasnoot2579]

It is how social housing in the UK works though. Overcrowding is a valid reason to request a larger house in the UK.

[@Kunfucious577]

@@jan-jaaphaasnoot2579 isnt that obvious? Why should i work when the government has plenty of money?

[@TahtahmesDiary]

@@Kunfucious577 Actually no the opposite of CA. There's no affordable housing here. Generations of locals are on the street. People are renting 1-2 rooms per family in other people's home. The prices go up and up and nothing is done, people just go homeless. We NEED public housing. Not mansions. A public option that has reasonable rent. Period.

[@TahtahmesDiary]

@@Kunfucious577 Most people are hard working-- especially the poor-- and yes they are owed the taxes they pay into the system. Grifters like this trapping 16 yr olds with 5 kids are actually not the norm no matter how this infuriates you.

[@Visibletoallusersonyoutube719]

“Please leave us alone and let us get some peace and quiet”... EIGHTEEN CHILDREN DOES NOT MAKE FOR ANY KIND OF PEACE OR QUIET! Wtf?!!

[@ellepark0505]

You count 18 too? Why does everywhere say father of 17?

[@mrsrock7641]

IKR. And being on national TV also asking for peace and quiet after being on Jezza, having a programme about you and being openly and loudly proud of his lifestyle. SMH Doesn’t make sense does it?!

[@stormierose4418]

Oh because that's the issue right..

[@Visibletoallusersonyoutube719]

2greys1cat Dude says it himself at 11:02... when he’s holding two babies and numbers them off.

[@ellepark0505]

E. W. Correct. I was commenting basically on the fact that everything anybody says about him, they always say 17 and you’re the first comment I saw where you caught that illusive 18th.

[@tam1381]

With parents like them two, what chance do the kids have.

[@n3k0rrrb]

Might be statistically true but come on. People are opposite of their parents all them time. Shame on you for talkin shit about the kids. I hope they don't see this

[@careysullivan1650]

Hard to watch, wow, but I couldn’t take my eyes away from it!! 🤯 great delivery of this story, as always Mike🍀

[@fizzlewiggle]

How the hell did he stab his girl 27 times and her mom 11 times, and only get 7 years?? 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@Kellz82-p7p]

And do 3 years

[@fizzlewiggle]

@sum body 😳

[@jennyandrews1159]

Because our justice system is an absolute joke

[@lisadavies6001]

Fizzlewiggle. Used to be 15 for murder. Serve 10. It was less because was not murder. Now there has been some cases where they get whole life no parole but it's rare.

[@Aaron-rd3cd]

How did they survive

[@sanguiniusonvacation1803]

The amount of anger I am feeling after watching this , if the heat could be harnessed , could power a small city ! Those crocodile tears !

[@josephosullivan9506]

I hope he got everything he deserved in prison.

[@kenmarelove9176]

Wow, I've seen a couple of docu's on this loser but they never included the first 3 women he viciously abused. Thanks for the full story Mike. 💚

[@ericpanissidi6761]

I like your show because you tell us exactly how you feel.keep doing it. Minimum ads.

[@katiewelsh6523]

I was 14 when this happened and I lived about 5 minutes away from the house. I'm pretty sure most people knew it was him from the off. I remember seeing him walk round the local sainsburys abusing staff members like he was hot shit

[@ijustdontcareanymore1022]

Oh God I feel sorry that you actually fucking been around that you've actually been around that fool in your life.

[@stephaniehowe0973]

😳 wow I hope you never ended up on the other end of his wrath

[@MysteryAvalanche]

How in the world did he only serve 3 years for the knife attack on Kim & and her mother?? What a monster!

[@alisonbrockbank6677]

Mental. How the hell did she and her mother survive that attack. Sounded brutal. And then to only have to serve 3 years?! Nuts!

[@matty6848]

It’s called the British justice system. It’s a joke!

[@heathermariegaming]

This is why I some times think you must obtain a license to have children.

[@nicolenotizieeamici]

We spay and neuter animals: guess what??? Society should start do it to these kind of people!!!!

[@BalboaBaggins]

women having poor choice in men, what else is new

[@mushroom1212]

@@BalboaBaggins *teenagers having poor choice in predatory men. Your misogyny is not required here.

[@supernova11711]

I seriously say this ALL the time!!!

[@11ozzielover]

Balboa Baggins, ah yes, blaming the (child) victim of a predator. Classic!

[@jomc7425]

I think it's helpful, when giving a press conference about the horrible deaths of your children, to be able to squeeze out a single tear.