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THIS is the moment a dad who claimed he was “play-fighting” with his daughter when he murdered her moaned to cops about an upcoming holiday.

Scarlett Vickers suffered catastrophic blood loss after the blade was plunged 11cm into her chest and pierced her heart.

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Scarlett Vickers suffered catastrophic blood loss from the 11cm woundCredit: TikTok
Bloody knife used in a murder trial.

The blade penetrated Scarlett’s heartCredit: PA
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Simon Vickers has been found guilty of murder
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Vickers claimed he stabbed his daughter by accident in a custody suite

Her dad Simon Vickers, 50, has been found guilty of murdering his teen daughter at their home in Darlington, Co Durham, on July 5.

The monster, who had been drinking wine and smoking cannabis, claimed he and Scarlett were just “messing about” when he accidentally threw the blade at her.

But Teesside Crown Court heard the 11cm wound was too deep to have been a tragic mistake.

The heartless dad also attempted to claim that he was the victim after his daughter died in a pool of blood on the kitchen floor.

After his arrest, Vickers told police: “That was it. We were horse-playing.

“I must be the unluckiest man in the world.”

Chilling footage also showed him being booked into the custody suite moaning about an upcoming holiday.

He tells officers: “I just want to know how my daughter’s doing. 

“We were mucking about, playing in the kitchen, and for some reason this has gone really weird. 

“Please someone tell me. What’s going on? We are going on holiday to f***ing Gran Canaria in six weeks. F***ing hell. I don’t believe this is happening.

“I don’t understand how this has happened. Honestly.”

Vickers claimed the playfight started when he and Scarlett began throwing grapes at each other while mum Sarah Hall made dinner.

He said he went to “try and get her” but his daughter tried to push him away so he grabbed the tongs and chucked them.

WEB OF LIES

The dad continued: “She just shouted ‘ah, ah ah’ and fell to the floor.

“Her lips were going bluer and she wasn’t listening when I was shouting at her.

“Sarah took over and the ambulance came and, f***ing hell.”

Vickers described his only child as the “love of my life” and told police his world had “gone to s***”.

He also denied telling paramedics at the scene that he picked up a knife and that it “just went in” after Scarlett “lunged towards me”.

The dad added: “There is no way in the world I would stab my child. I threw those tongs at her.

“I want to die myself. My only child – I don’t know what to say. I can’t even cry. I don’t even know what’s wrong.”

The court heard the dad gave “three different accounts at least before his formal police interview” of what happened.

Prosecutor Mark McKone KC said Vickers must have stabbed his daughter “deliberately with the knife”.

He told jurors the injury inflicted to Scarlett “could not have been caused by throwing the knife or indeed by throwing anything else.”

During her evidence, Scarlett’s mum Sarah Hall said she believed it was an accident.

She also told how she would not be standing by her partner of 27 years if she thought he had deliberately hurt their daughter.

Vickers, who denied murder, has been remanded into custody to be sentenced at a later date.

Detective Superintendent Craig Rudd, who led the investigation for Durham Constabulary, said: “Scarlett Vickers would have celebrated her 16th birthday this year. She had her whole life ahead of her.

“Yet it was cruelly cut short by her own father – a man who was meant to protect her.

“We may never know why or what caused Simon Vickers to do what he did that night.

“Sadly, today’s verdict will not bring Scarlett back, but he will now face the consequences of his actions.

“I would like to thank my investigation team for their tireless efforts in getting justice for Scarlett and the community for their cooperation and understanding while we carried out our enquiries.

“Our thoughts remain with those who cared about Scarlett.”

Black and white photo of a girl making a kissy face and peace sign.

Scarlett was discovered dead at the family homeCredit: TikTok
Photo of Scarlett Vickers.

The teen’s dad claimed he was the victimCredit: Durham Constabulary
Floral tributes outside a house following the death of a 14-year-old girl.

He claimed they were ‘messing around’ at homeCredit: NNP
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