A crowd of around a dozen people shouted insults at the security vans carrying the couple charged with the murder of their six children as they made they way to and from court on Friday.
Mick Philpott, 55, and his wife Mairead, 31, appeared at Nottingham Crown Court charged with murder following a house fire on Victory Road in Allenton, Derby, on May 11.
People react as a prisoner van, believed to be carrying Mick Philpott and his wife Mairead, leaves the court
Their children Jade, 10, and brothers John, nine, Jack, seven, Jessie, six, and Jayden, five, all died in the fire, and a sixth sibling Duwayne, 13, died of his injuries in Birmingham Children's Hospital two days later.
Mr Philpott, who wore a white sports vest top, stared down at the floor in the dock while Mrs Philpott, who wore a blue sweater and her red hair loose, appeared tearful.
A member of the packed public gallery left the courtroom and shouted "disgrace" at the pair.
An artist's impression of the couple in court on Friday
As the couple were remanded into custody, other members of the gallery shouted "scum".
No applications were made for bail.
The judge The Honourable Mr Justice Charles Haddon-Cave remanded the pair into custody.
They will next appear at Nottingham Crown Court on June 18 for a preliminary hearing.
Mum-of-six murder suspect Mairead has her dead children's names tattooed on her arm
The disturbance followed the couple's first appearance at Southern Derbyshire Magistrates' Court on Thursday where a man and woman were removed from the courtroom after shouting out "scum" and "bastards" during the 10-minute hearing.
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