Mick Philpott's story shows the pervasiveness of evil born out of welfare dependency

By A.N. Wilson

PUBLISHED: 16:56 EST, 2 April 2013 | UPDATED: 05:50 EST, 3 April 2013

His house, his booze, his drugs, his women and his 17 children were paid for by a benefits system meant to be a safety net for the truly needy.

The trial of Michael Philpott and his wife Mairead is over, and they have been convicted of multiple manslaughter.

This was one of the most horrible crimes committed against children in Britain in recent years. It was cynical. It was calculating. And it was done out of malice in a ham-fisted plot which went wrong.

The trial spoke volumes about the sheer nastiness of the individuals involved. But it also lifted the lid on the bleak and often grotesque world of the welfare benefit scroungers of whom there are not dozens, not hundreds, but tens of thousands in our country.

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The way in which Mick Philpott lived, was the direct consequence of his being able to live scot-free at the expense of the taxpayer

The tragic victims of the Derbyshire house blaze started by father-of- seventeen Mick Philpott: Duwayne, 13, (top left), John, 9, (top right) (bottom row left to right) Jack, 7, Jesse, 6, their sister Jade, 10, and Jayden, 5

There is a reason why Philpott, 56, lived with both his wife Mairead, 31, and his mistress Lisa Willis, 28. As the prosecutor at his trial explained: Michael Philpott did not want to work. He just wanted a house full of kids and the benefit money that brings.

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Mick Philpott's story shows the pervasiveness of evil born out of welfare dependency