Mick Philpott received the equivalent of £100,000 salary in benefits and wages Mick forced wife Mairead and mistress Lisa Willis to pay in all their money Judge tells him at sentencing: 'Didn't even allow them their own door key' Then he hatched plan to frame Willis in fire which killed six of his children Philpott lost £1,000 a month when she left family home with five children Jailed jobless father-of-17 Mick Philpott was 'earning' the equivalent of a £100,000 salary in benefits and wages from his wife and live-in lover, it emerged today. The violent drug user forced wife Mairead and mistress Lisa Willis to pay all their money from cleaning jobs and child tax credits into his bank account while he lounged on the settee watching TV. Family: Mick Philpott (left), his wife Mairead Philpott (centre), his mother Peggy (right) and sons Jesse (right, in green) and John (far right), who died in the fire Plot: Over the past eight weeks, Nottingham Crown Court has heard how the house was set on fire last May as part of a plan to frame Mick Philpott's former live-in lover Lisa Willis Details of his finances emerged as Philpott, 56, Mairead, 32, and their friend Paul Mosley, 46, were handed lengthy jail prison sentences after each were found guilty of six counts of manslaughter. Judge Mrs Justice Thirlwall told Philpott he 'did not even allow' his wife or lover 'their own door key'. He had been receiving a total of £8,023.60 a year in child benefit, while Mairead and Miss Willis were given £20,560 and £17,870 a year respectively, it was reported by The Times. The two women had cleaning jobs which brought in an extra £14,000. Tragic: Mick Philpott (centre) hatched a plan to frame mistress Lisa Willis for the fire which killed six of his children Philpott, who has not worked since 2004, also received an estimated £150 a week to cover the rent on their three-bedroom house, bringing in a further £7,800 a year to take the total to around £67,000. Child benefit Philpott: £20.30 a week for eldest son, £13.40 for the other ten. Yearly total: £8,023.60p Working tax credits Mairead: Up to £20,560 a year for her six children Lisa Willis: Up to £17,870 for her five children Estimated earnings from their cleaning jobs: £14,000 Yearly total: £38,430 Housing benefit Philpott: £150 a week Yearly total: £7,800 This is the approximate take-home pay of someone earning £100,000 As Working Tax Credits and Child Benefits were paid tax-free, his 'take-home pay' could have been similar to a man earning around £100,000 a year, putting him in the top two per cent of earners. Liar: Mick (right) and Mairead Philpott appear to cry during a news conference at Derby Conference Centre following a fire at their home which claimed the lives of six of his children Over the past eight weeks, Nottingham Crown Court has heard how they set fire to their house last May as part of a plan to frame Philpott's former live-in lover Miss Willis. But the plan went tragically wrong, with the petrol-fuelled blaze burning out of control.