{"id":47311,"date":"2025-01-21T12:08:58","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T12:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/darlington-mum-believes-daughters-stabbing-was-an-accident\/"},"modified":"2025-01-21T12:08:59","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T12:08:59","slug":"darlington-mum-believes-daughters-stabbing-was-an-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/darlington-mum-believes-daughters-stabbing-was-an-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"Darlington mum believes daughter’s stabbing was an accident"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Scarlett Vickers was 14 years old when she was allegedly murdered by her father<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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A woman whose 14-year-old daughter was allegedly murdered during a kitchen play-fight with her father believes the stabbing was an accident, a court has heard.<\/p>\n

Scarlett Vickers suffered a 4in-deep (11cm) wound to her chest and “bled to death” at her family home in Darlington in July, Teesside Crown Court was told.<\/p>\n

Her father Simon Vickers denies murder and manslaughter and has said it was a “freak accident” while the two were “mucking about”.<\/p>\n

Scarlett’s mother Sarah Hall said they were a loving, happy family and she was still with Mr Vickers, her partner of 27 years, as she did not believe he deliberately harmed her.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The court has heard the family of three were throwing grapes at each other in the kitchen of their Geneva Road home on the evening of 5 July when Scarlett was stabbed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Vickers claimed he “swiped” a pair of tongs<\/a> towards his daughter but had not realised there was a knife next to them which caused the fatal injury, although he accepted being responsible for the wound.<\/p>\n

A pathologist has said it was “practically impossible” for the wound<\/a> to be caused by a thrown blade but rather the knife was being firmly held in someone’s hand, which Mr Vickers vehemently denies.<\/p>\n

He previously told the court he may have knocked the knife so it got stuck against a hot plate and was jutting out over the counter, with Scarlett running on to the blade while chasing him.<\/p>\n

Under questioning from Mr Vickers’ barrister Nicholas Lumley KC, Ms Hall said they had a “very happy family life” and they lived in a “bubble”, adding: “We all loved each other very much.”<\/p>\n

She said Mr Vickers was a doting and “very hands-on” dad who treated Scarlett “very well” and “loved her very much”.<\/p>\n

Ms Hall said she was still in a relationship with Mr Vickers.<\/p>\n

“If you thought he murdered your daughter, would you still be with him?” Mr Lumley asked.<\/p>\n

Ms Hall replied: “Definitely not, she was my number one, my best friend, my little girl.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Scarlett died at her home on Geneva Road in Darlington in July<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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She said they were all in a “happy” mood on 5 July and were looking forward to a holiday in Gran Canaria together.<\/p>\n

Ms Hall said the family started throwing grapes at each other in the kitchen as she was making a spaghetti Bolognese, but it was all just “playing” and “fun”.<\/p>\n

She had got a knife out to cut garlic bread and placed it near some tongs, the court heard.<\/p>\n

Ms Hall had her back turned when she suddenly heard her daughter say “ow”, the court heard.<\/p>\n

She turned to face Scarlett and saw blood pouring out of her daughter’s side, which she tried to stem with a tea towel.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Ms Hall said she did not know how Scarlett was injured and “made an assumption” the knife had been thrown with the other utensil.<\/p>\n

She said she did not think her partner could be responsible, adding: “It did not even cross my mind he would do anything to her. <\/p>\n

“I know he would never harm her so it didn’t even enter my head.”<\/p>\n

Asked if she was trying to “protect” Mr Vickers with her testimony, Ms Hall replied: “No, there is nothing to protect. <\/p>\n

“It was an accident, I know he would never harm her. She always came first for the both of us.”<\/p>\n

The court has heard Ms Hall told paramedics Mr Vickers and Scarlett had been “chucking” knives around, but she told jurors she was in a state of shock and “couldn’t understand what was happening” when she allegedly made those comments.<\/p>\n

“I don’t think I was thinking straight,” Ms Hall told the court.<\/p>\n

The trial continues.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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