Father of 17 Children Accused of Killing Six In House Fire
On February - 14 - 2013
The father of 17 accused of killing six of his children in a house fire once ordered his toddler son to punch his mother in the face because she dared to stand up to him, a court heard yesterday. Heather Kehoe, 33, told a jury how Michael Philpott took her virginity when she was just 15, then subjected her to years of physical and mental abuse. The pair ran away together a fortnight after her 16th birthday, when his first wife walked in on them having sex. Within six months, the teenager was pregnant with the first of two sons she bore him during a violent relationship which culminated in Philpott ordering their son Mikey to punch her. READ MORE HERE
By the time you finish reading this, 15 children will have been abused; In the next five minutes, 30 more; Within the next hour, 360 more; And by tonight, close to 8,000+ children will have suffered from abuse, 5 of which will die. Child abuse has increased 134% since 1980 and is now considered a worldwide epidemic. The high jump in child abuse deaths and the shocking increase in statistics highlights the frightening lack of public knowledge.
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