A father has been discovered responsible of murdering his daughter after he stabbed her of their kitchen in Darlington, County Durham final 12 months.
Simon Vickers, 50, was convicted of homicide at Teesside Crown Court docket.
His daughter Scarlett, 14, was stabbed within the coronary heart.
He claimed the incident occurred throughout a household play-fight and was a “freak accident”.
Prosecutors mentioned the 11cm wound was too deep to have been brought on by chance, and the knife will need to have been “held firmly” on the time.
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