Simon Vickers was found guilty of murdering his 14-year-old daughter, Scarlett, in the kitchen of their family home in Geneva Road, Darlington ...

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

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

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

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

Simon Vickers’s defence highlighted how, despite extensive police examination, there was no evidence of any conflict in his ...

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

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 ...

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

Simon Vickers, 50, told a jury his daughter Scarlett, 14, was killed during a 'playfight' in the kitchen before dinner, but ...

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

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