Scarlett Vickers: Dad Simon Vickers jailed for life for murdering daughter in kitchen 'play fight' A dad was jailed for life today for murdering his teenage daughter after stabbing her in the heart with a kitchen knife.
Mark McKone KC, prosecuting, said: “This has gone beyond horseplay and Mr Vickers could and should have realised there was a risk in that small kitchen of causing serious injury with a knife.” Vickers admitted that he did not know what happened but it was possible the knife got stuck against a hot plate and jutted out over the counter, with Scarlett then running on to the blade.
Nicholas Lumley KC said Mr Vickers and Scarlett’s mum’s Sarah Hall were serving life sentences of their own due to the loss of their only child.
Anna Barker, Senior Crown Prosecutor with CPS North East, said: “The account provided by Simon Vickers about how his daughter, Scarlett, sustained a fatal injury is wholly inconsistent with the forensic evidence in this case.
Sarah's mum Elaine Hall, 65, who accompanied Sarah to court during the trial, said: ‘Scarlett was their only child.
