A father in Darlington, England, is accused of murdering his 14-year-old daughter during what he claims was a playful knife-throwing session. Simon Vickers, 50, denies murder, saying the fatal wound occurred accidentally during a game. The prosecution alleges the injury was deliberate and caused by a stabbing motion with a knife firmly in Vickers' hand.
A father accused of murdering his 14-year-old daughter by stabbing her in the heart told the emergency services they had been play-fighting while they made their tea, a court heard. Simon Vickers, 50, denies murdering Scarlett in the kitchen of their house in Darlington last July.He told police who arrived at the scene that they had been playing one minute and the next blood was "gushing" from her chest. The prosecution case was that this was not an accident, jurors heard.
The Pc said Vickers then added: "We were cooking tea, we were mucking about playing around and started throwing objects at each other." Read more: Hunt for 'attacker randomly cutting off women's hair' on streets of south east LondonRead more: Gangs flying zombie knives into prisons by drone, handing 'most dangerous men in the UK very unpleasant weapons'Ms Hall said she had got a knife out to cut garlic bread and her partner had picked it up without realising.
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