THE Philpotts' priest has told how he thought Mairead's sentence would not be as heavy as 17 years because she did not seem to have been a "free" person.Father Alan Burbidge, of St George's Catholic Church, Village Street, where the Philpotts worshipped, said the church would be in touch with the couple in prison to help them "as far as the church can".He said most people would have expected Mick Philpott's life sentence, given that six children had died.But he said of...
