A woman convicted of the manslaughter of her six children in a horrific house fire has been spotted enjoying a shopping trip.
Mairead Philpott needed help stuffing a grey Peugeot full of items – including wrapping paper – as she left a bail hostel in the south of England.
The 39-year-old was sporting a new darker hair colour following her release from prison in November after half her 17-year sentence.
She was jailed over a 2012 fire in Allenton, Derby, that killed Duwayne Philpott, 13, his sister Jade, 10, and brothers Jack, nine, John, eight, Jesse, six and Jayden, five.
Her husband Mick led her and their friend Mosely in a scheme to get a bigger council house by burning down the home and framing ex-lover Lisa Willis.
His intention was to rescue the sleeping children through an upstairs window but it went disastrously wrong and the youngsters all died from smoke inhalation.
The couple’s six children – Duwayne, 13, Jade, 10, John, nine, Jack, seven, Jesse, six, and Jayden, five – died from smoke inhalation as a result of the blaze.
Pictures taken today show Mairead still has a tattoo to Jayden, who she called ‘miracle baby’ during her trial because he came six weeks premature.
Two of her friends helped her as she left the hostel – which is said to offer yoga and arts classes – in boots, leopard-style trousers and an oversized t-shirt.
She covered her face with a blue mask but her new hair was on show and struck a stark change from her former red locks.
A source told the Sun: ‘She is being eased back into life in the community.