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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 4 Apr 2013

    Mother Mairead #Philpott jailed for 17 years for manslaughter of her six children in Derby house fire http://bbc.in/XZtYRm  #Derbyfire

    3:08 AM - 4 Apr 2013
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      2. Melanie | themotherload.me‏ @MelanieMinnaar 4 Apr 2013
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        @BBCBreaking 6 children dead! How is 17 years long enough? #derbyfire #philpott

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      1. Vicky Jo‏ @VickyJo_ 4 Apr 2013
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        @BBCBreaking this is no where near enough for 6 children! Where is the justice system?

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      2. Nigel‏ @astonlocksmiths 4 Apr 2013
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        @BBCBreaking ridiculously low she'll serve 8.5 yrs just over a year for each child she helped kill

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      1. A Sibai‏ @AyadAliSibai 7 Apr 2013
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        @BBCBreaking 17 years for murdering her own 6 children ...??? Human life is certainly WORTHLESS ....

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      1. Eftikhar Malik‏ @malik0414 6 Apr 2013
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      1. Judy Spagnola‏ @JudySpags 5 Apr 2013
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        @BBCBreaking Unbelievable what people will do. Something like SMALL SACRIFICES (movie)

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      1. Deborah con h‏ @DeborahconH 4 Apr 2013
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        @BBCBreaking it should have been 17 years per kid! This is unbelievable #UKLAW

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      1. Deborah con h‏ @DeborahconH 4 Apr 2013
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        @BBCBreaking 17 Years only? Outrageous!!!!!!!!

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      1. Joan Perry‏ @joanperry19 4 Apr 2013
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        @BBCBreaking This woman should be haunted till the day she dies with the cries of her dying children. Shame on her.

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      1. Samantha Jauncey‏ @sljauncey 4 Apr 2013
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        @BBCBreaking nowhere near enough. ridiculous sentence

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      1. sarah pearce‏ @sarahpearce7 4 Apr 2013
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        @BBCBreaking like I said... This should have been forever until they rotted....

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      1. angela kidd‏ @angelakidd18 4 Apr 2013
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        @BBCBreaking is that it,,,,no normal mother would even think about doing what she done,,and as for being weak,where was her mothers instinct

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      1. nicola batchelor‏ @NicolaSpudnic7 4 Apr 2013
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        @BBCBreaking this is disgusting all 3 of them desreve to rot in prison i hope they get what they deserve whilst inside

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      1. Zoe Abela‏ @ZoeAbela 4 Apr 2013
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        @BBCBreaking Is that all??? #justicemyarse

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