Simon Vickers described himself as "the unluckiest man in the world" after his daughter Scarlett died from a stab wound to the heart following a play fight-gone-wrong. During his trial, the 50 ...

Rachel Bullock was at Teesside Crown Court where a majority jury returned a guilty verdict in the murder trial of Simon Vickers A father has been found guilty of murdering his 14-year-old daughter ...

The 14-year-old schoolgirl's dad, Simon Vickers, of Geneva Road, Darlington, was found guilty of her murder on Monday morning. The 50-year-old had denied the charge and was standing trial at Teesside ...

Click here for details. Initially, Vickers and Scarlett's mother, Sarah Hall, were both charged with attempted murder before it was upgraded to murder when the teenager died. All the charges were ...

Scarlett Vickers was just 14 when her dad killed her in the kitchen of their family home during an evening of "family horseplay". Simon denied both murder and manslaughter after Scarlett was stabbed ...

Jurors spent more than 13 hours deliberating their verdict before reaching a majority agreement, with 10 finding Vickers guilty of murder. He was remanded in custody to be sentenced on 10 February.

Simon Vickers, 50, was convicted of murder at Teesside Crown Court on Monday. He gave different accounts of what happened in the moments before he plunged a kitchen knife into his daughter ...

Her dad Simon Vickers has been on trial after denying her murder and manslaughter, claiming the family were “mucking around” in June last year. He said: "We were horse-playing. I must be the ...

The schoolgirl's dad, Simon Vickers, of Geneva Road, Darlington, was found guilty of her murder on Monday morning. The 50-year-old had denied the charge and was standing trial at the Middlesbrough ...

Simon Vickers, of Geneva Road, in Darlington, will be sentenced for murder on 10 February at Teesside Crown Court. Want a quick and expert briefing on the biggest news stories? Listen to our ...