Simon Vickers, 50, claimed a knife which caused the death of his only child Scarlett Vickers in the kitchen of their home ...

Simon Vickers, 50, was found guilty of murdering his 14-year-old daughter Scarlett despite claiming her death was a horror ...

A father who claimed he mistakenly stabbed his 14-year-old daughter to death during a kitchen 'play fight' has been found ...

A jury at Teesside Crown Court took 13 hours and 21 minutes to convict Simon Vickers of murder by a majority of 10-2 ...

Scarlett Vickers was at home in her kitchen when a knife plunged 11cm into her chest, piercing her heart. Her dad Simon Vickers has been convicted of her murder ...

Simon Vickers told police that the two had been playfighting before the 14-year-old suffered an 11cm deep stab wound to her ...

Durham Constabulary Detective Superintendent Craig Rudd said Scarlett Vickers' life was 'cruelly cut short' after Simon ...

Simon Vickers, who has been convicted of murdering his daughter, appeared concerned about his upcoming holiday to Gran ...

Scarlett Vickers was fatally stabbed in the chest by her dad, Simon Vickers, who has been found guilty of her murder ...

A father has been found guilty of murdering his 14-year-old daughter after an alleged playfight in their Darlington kitchen ...

A father who claimed his daughter was stabbed to death in a tragic kitchen play-fight has been found guilty of her murder.

Simon Vickers, 50, gave different accounts of what happened in the seconds before he plunged a kitchen knife into his ...