A father was jailed for at least 15 years for murdering his daughter after a jury rejected his claim he had killed her in a play-fight.
Scarlett Vickers, 14, bled to death at her home in Darlington after being stabbed deep in the chest with a kitchen knife by her father Simon Vickers.
Vickers, 50, had claimed the fatal injury was "a freak accident" caused while they were "mucking about", but jurors at Teesside Crown Court found him guilty of murder with a majority verdict.
Jailing Vickers for life with a minimum term of 15 years, the judge, Mr Justice Cotter, said the killer had never been truthful about the "loss of temper" that turned a "happy family night into tragedy".
The judge's sentencing remarks can be read in full at: https://www.judiciary.uk/judgments/r-v-simon-vickers/
SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF3HqeLrCkZgARQfyqj1m-g?view_as=subscriber
Follow Sky News on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews and https://twitter.com/skynewsbreak
Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews
Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skynews
For more content go to http://news.sky.com and download our apps:
Apple https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/sky-news/id316391924?mt=8
Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&hl=en_GB