Scarlett Vickers' distraught mum now - sleepless nights, calls to killer husband and appeal bid

Sarah Hall is lasting by her spouse of 27 years, Simon Vickers, aft helium was recovered blameworthy of the execution of their 14-year-old girl Scarlett. Now, she's surviving successful limbo, 'crying her bosom out' perpetually arsenic she keeps up regular telephone calls with Vickers, and throws her enactment down his appeal

Last summer, Sarah Hall mislaid her lone daughter, Scarlett Vickers, who died aft being stabbed done the bosom successful the room of their household home.

Now she's lasting by the antheral convicted of her execution - her spouse of 27 years, Simon Vickers. Vickers was yesterday sentenced to beingness imprisonment, of which helium indispensable service a minimum of 15 years.

Throughout his proceedings astatine Teesside Crown Court, the 50-year-old insisted upon his innocence, claiming 14-year-old Scarlett died during a 'family play fight' astatine their location successful County Durham. From the witnesser stand, grieving mum Sarah supported Vickers' "freak accident" defence, claiming she wouldn't inactive beryllium with him if she'd believed nether immoderate circumstances that he'd deliberately harmed their teenage daughter.

Vickers had claimed he'd accidentally thrown the room weapon portion playfully grabbing a brace of tongs - but an adept advised the tribunal that the leaf had apt been "held tightly" erstwhile it was plunged into Scarlett's heart. Even arsenic Vickers faces beingness down bars, Sarah, 45, hasn't fixed up anticipation and remains "resolute successful her beliefs" that her semipermanent spouse ne'er intended to injure Scarlett.

But the nonaccomplishment of her girl has understandably seen the heartbroken parent distraught, struggling to devour oregon slumber arsenic she serves her 'own beingness sentence', according to reports.

Appeal bid

The Mail Online has revealed that Sarah, on with different members of the wider family, is lasting by Vickers, who is incarcerated astatine HMP Durham. They are hoping to entreaty his blameworthy verdict.

Nicholas Lumley KC, defending, told Teesside Crown Court: “Each of those near down by Scarlett person been near serving beingness sentences of their ain from which nary of them volition ever beryllium free. Sarah Hall (Scarlett’s mother) remains resolute successful her content that the begetter of her lone kid did not mean Scarlett immoderate harm, and his parents are of the aforesaid view. None tin judge that helium volition present beryllium known arsenic Scarlett’s murderer.”

Scarlett's grandfather, Barrie, yesterday defended Vickers, insisting his lad would ne'er person intentionally wounded the schoolgirl "in a cardinal years". Barrie, 78, told The Sun: "He would ne'er successful a cardinal years person wounded her deliberately. Scarlett was his life."

Constant tears

Grieving mum Sarah, who has been speaking with Vickers 'every day' implicit the phone, is reportedly surviving with Barrie, not acold from the location she'd erstwhile shared with Vickers and Scarlett. Sarah's sister Rebecca Hall, 42, told the Mail: "Sarah won't eat, she won't sleep.

"She conscionable looks astatine pictures of Scarlett each the time, crying her bosom out. She's mislaid a daughter. She's mislaid everything. She won't spell backmost to the house. I conscionable don't cognize what to bash for her. What tin you bash for idiosyncratic that's conscionable mislaid their child? She's conscionable mislaid each purpose."

It's understood that Sarah and Vickers had been told they whitethorn ne'er beryllium capable to person children of their own, and that Scarlett was their "miracle baby". Relatives stay adamant that, had Sarah had immoderate doubts astir Vickers, she wouldn't beryllium sticking by him.

Sarah's mother, Elaine Hall, 64, besides told the publication: "They doted connected Scarlett. They bought her everything, they took her connected vacation everywhere. They utilized to springiness her much oregon little everything, immoderate she wanted. Because they loved her.

"Everyone's conscionable been ripped isolated by it. Simon indispensable person had a knife, but I don't deliberation helium knows truly what happened. But if Sarah thought helium had done thing she would not support him. Not successful a cardinal years."

Show of loyalty successful court

Addressing the tribunal from the witnesser container connected January 21, Sarah gave grounds successful enactment of Vickers, stating: “We had a precise blessed household life; we each loved each different precise much, and we lived successful a small bubble. Simon treated Scarlett precise well, helium was a precise hands-on dad, helium loved her precise much.”

Nicholas Lumley KC, defending Vickers, asked Sarah: “Did you person immoderate concerns astir his care?”, to which she replied: “No, never.” Mr Lumley past queried: “If you had thought helium had murdered your daughter, would you inactive beryllium with him?”. Sarah responded: “Definitely not, she was my fig one, she was my champion friend, my girl.”

Recounting the nighttime of Scarlett's death, Sarah remembered however her girl had travel downstairs from her chamber to chat to them astatine astir 10 pm. According to Sarah, the speech was "fun", with the household eagerly discussing their vacation plans.

Sarah recalled however she and Scarlett had tried to propulsion grapes into each other's mouths, with Vickers joining in. She past started snipping playfully astatine Vickers with immoderate tongs, with Scarlett telling her father, "Don't beryllium truthful wimpy" erstwhile helium complained that it hurt.

It was astatine this constituent that Sarah claims she'd turned distant from Vickers and Scarlett to service retired their pasta dish, stating: "I was alert they were inactive mucking around." Opening up astir the infinitesimal she realised her girl had been stabbed successful the heart, Sarah told the jury: "She was conscionable looking astatine me; I said, ‘What’s up?’ and past I saw humor coming retired of her side.”

Mr Lumley past questioned Sarah arsenic to whether she'd ever asked Vickers what helium had done to Scarlett. She clarified that she had not, explaining: “It would ne'er transverse my caput that helium would ever bash thing to her.” She added: “I don’t cognize however it happened, but I cognize helium would ne'er harm her, truthful it didn’t adjacent participate my head.”

Mr Lumley past asked Sarah whether she had tried to support Vickers during her constabulary interview. Sarah said: "No, determination was thing to protect", adding: “It was an accident, I cognize helium would ne'er harm her. She was my small girl, she was my champion friend, she ever came archetypal for the some of us.”

However, yet the jurors recovered Vickers blameworthy of his daughter's murder, to the dismay of his family. Sentencing Vickers, Mr Justice Cotter said: "Scarlett was conscionable 14, a normal, steadfast miss with a agelong beingness up of her erstwhile it was chopped abbreviated by you. She died successful the room of her ain location wrong minutes of having been stabbed.

"It went from an ordinary, blessed household Friday nighttime to calamity wrong seconds owed to what indispensable person been your nonaccomplishment of temper. There is nary different plausible explanation. You person ne'er fixed a truthful mentation of what happened.”

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