Violent past of killer dad exposed after he claimed he stabbed daughter, 14, to death with kitchen knife in ‘play-fight’
Violent past of killer dad exposed after he claimed he stabbed daughter, 14, to death with kitchen knife in ‘play-fight’
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THE violent past of a killer dad who claimed he murdered his 14-year-old daughter in a "play-fight" has been revealed. Simon Vickers claimed he was just "messing about" when he plunged a knife 11cm into Scarlett's chest and penetrated her heart. But jurors saw through his evil web of lies and the 50-year-old was yesterday convicted of murdering his only child.
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It can now be revealed that Vickers has a criminal background with six previous convictions. The killer dad was banged up for two years in 1993 after being found guilty of wounding with intent, the Daily Mail reports. Further details of his violent past are likely to be exposed when Vickers is sentenced over Scarlett's death on February 10.
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The monster, who had been drinking wine and smoking cannabis on the night he killed his daughter, claimed he had accidentally hurled a knife at Scarlett. But Teesside Crown Court heard the 11cm wound was too deep to have been a tragic mistake. The heartless dad also attempted to claim that he was the victim after his daughter died in a pool of blood on the kitchen floor.
![[Security camera footage of a man at a desk in a cluttered office.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/image_cd89bf.png?strip=all&w=741)
After his arrest, Vickers told police: "That was it. We were horse-playing. "I must be the unluckiest man in the world.". Chilling footage also showed him being booked into the custody suite moaning about an upcoming holiday. He tells officers: "I just want to know how my daughter's doing.
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