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Father stabbed daughter in kitchen play-fight in ‘flash of anger’, judge says

Simon Vickers, 50, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 15 years for murdering his daughter Scarlett.

Evening Standard

Father who stabbed daughter, 14, found guilty of murder after claiming it was a play fight

Scarlett Vickers died in the kitchen of their family home in Darlington

The Independent UK

Father and daughter, 14, ‘messing about’ before fatal knife wound, UK court hears

Simon Vickers accused of murder or manslaughter of his child after incident at home in Darlington

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Father denies murdering 14-year-old daughter during kitchen ‘play-fight’

Scarlett Vickers died after an incident in the kitchen of a house in Darlington in July last year.

Evening Standard

Teesside woman cleared over lockdown abortion charges after CPS offers no evidence

The prosecution case against Bethany Cox, 22, relied on 1861 law condemned as cruel and outdated by campaigners

The Guardian - UK

Student who knifed his friend 29 times after drink and drugs binge is jailed

Alexander Carr was seen cuddling Michelle Hanson, 47, before launching a vicious knife attack on her and going on the run to London.

The Independent UK

Stephen Tompkinson’s neighbour tells court she saw him slap and punch drunk man

The 57-year-old DCI Banks star is on trial at Newcastle Crown Court accused of inflicting grievous bodily harm

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'My family is broken beyond repair': South Shields mum's agony as teenage son's killers are jailed

Leon Wildgoose and Dylan Ford, of South Shields, killed Steven Thompson during a night out in South Shields town centre

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