Wife of man, 50, accused of stabbing teenage daughter, 14, to death during kitchen ‘playfight’ tells jury he was a loving father who ‘would never harm’ their child

Scarlett Vickers, 14, died after being stabbed through the heart in the kitchen of the family’s home in Darlington, County Durham. Simon Vickers, 50, denies murder and manslaughter, claiming she died in a ‘freak accident’ while the pair were ‘playfighting’.

Vickers, who admitted drinking four glasses of wine and smoking half of a cannabis joint, accepts causing Scarlett’s fatal chest wound but had no knowledge of touching the green-handled knife.

Source: JOHN SIDDLE and FREYA BARNES

Published: 11:11 EST, 21 January 2025 | Updated: 11:23 EST, 21 January 2025

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