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Father sentenced for kitchen murder of his 14-year-old daughter

Simon Vickers was convicted of stabbing his daughter Scarlett to death.

Evening Standard · Feb 10, 2025

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 · Jan 27, 2025

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

The Guardian - UK · Jan 14, 2025

Five guilty of ‘utterly horrific’ torture and murder of man in cellar over £300 debt

Adam Clapham, 31, was tied to a chair and tortured for five hours in a Rotherham basement

The Independent UK · Jun 12, 2023

Boy who ‘hoped to stab someone’ found guilty of murdering Tomasz Oleszak, 14

Newcastle court convicts Leighton Amies, 15, who armed himself before stabbing stranger

The Guardian - UK · Apr 17, 2023

Boy accused of murder went out with knife ‘hoping’ to stab someone, court told

Within three hours of leaving home with a serrated steak knife, the defendant fatally wounded Tomasz Oleszak, also 14, in Gateshead, jurors were told.

The Independent UK · Apr 13, 2023

‘I’m going to wet you,’ boy told 14-year-old before stabbing him, Newcastle court told

Prosecution tells jury of threat to Tomasz Oleszak before he was killed in altercation in Gateshead park

The Guardian - UK · Mar 22, 2023

Boy, 14, on trial for murder shouted ‘I’m gonna wet you’, court told

Tomasz Oleszak, also 14, suffered a fatal stab wound while he was with a group of young people in a nature park in Gateshead last October.

The Independent UK · Mar 22, 2023