Violent history of dad who stabbed teen daughter during 'play fight' in kitchen

dailyrecord.co.uk:

A dad who was convicted of killing his 14-year-old daughter after claiming to have stabbed her while 'horse-playing' has been found to have a history of serious violence.

Simon Vickers, 50, claimed he and his daughter Scarlett were 'mucking around' in the kitchen in June last year, when he thrust an 11cm knife into her chest, piercing her heart.

During a trial in which he denied her murder and manslaughter, the dad said: We were horse-playing. I must be the unluckiest man in the world." However, forensic evidence proved that he had 'deliberately' plunged at the teen with the knife due to the nature of her wound, reports the Mirror.Scarlett sadly died from rapid blood loss on June 5, 2024, after the fatal attack at their family home in Darlington, County Durham.

Simon claimed the schoolgirl's death was the result of a "freak accident". However, confirmed he had drunk four glasses of wine and smoked half of a joint that fateful night.It has now been revealed that Simon was also convicted of wounding with intent in 1993 and sentenced to two years' detention when he was 19, MailOnline reports.