Exactly what happened in the kitchen the night Scarlett Vickers died will never be fully known but a Darlington family has been shattered.

Simon Vickers, 50, of Geneva Road, Darlington, was convicted over the death of his daughter, Scarlett Vickers, after fatally wounding her in the kitchen of their home in July of last year.

A father who stabbed his 14-year-old daughter in the heart while they were play-fighting in the kitchen has been convicted of her murder. Simon Vickers, 50, gave different accounts of what happened in the seconds before he plunged a kitchen knife 11cm into his daughter Scarlett's chest at their home in Darlington,