Key update as Sara Sharif's father's murder sentence to be officially reassessed

Urfan Sharif and Beinash Batool had sought support to entreaty against their sentences for the execution of Sara Sharif, who was hooded, burned and beaten amid her horrific abuse

The condemnation handed to Sara Sharif's dada for the murder of the tragic 10-year-old miss was "unduly lenient," according to the Solicitor General.

The lawsuit has present been referred to the Court of Appeal, which volition determine whether to increase's Urfan Sharif's 40-year jailhouse term. He and Sara's stepmother Beinash Batool had sought support to entreaty against their sentences, which they received past period astatine the Old Bailey.

But a spokesperson for the Attorney General's Office said: "The Solicitor General Lucy Rigby MP has referred Urfan Sharif's condemnation to the Court of Appeal nether the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme. It is present for the tribunal to determine whether to summation the sentence."

It is thought Batool's condemnation - beingness with a minimum word of 33 years - hasn't been referred to the Court of Appeal. Both she and Sharif were convicted of execution pursuing a trial, which was told Sara was hooded, burned and beaten amid her horrific abuse.

The youngster suffered "unimaginable pain, misery and anxiety" during the abuse, which lasted 2 years, astatine the household location successful Woking, Surrey. Her uncle, Faisal Malik, 29, was recovered blameworthy of causing oregon allowing her decease and jailed for 16 years past month.

Sara was recovered dormant successful a bunk furniture astatine her location connected August 10, 2023 aft her begetter rang constabulary from Pakistan to confess helium had beaten her "too much".

She had suffered 71 "fresh" injuries, including 25 breached bones, robust burns connected her bottom, scalding marks to her feet, and quality bites. Within hours of Sara's death, Sharif and Batool had booked flights to Pakistan for the full family, including her 5 siblings and fractional siblings.

The defendants returned to the UK connected September 13, 2023, leaving the children behind, and were detained wrong minutes of a formation touching down astatine Gatwick Airport.

In a televised sentencing astatine the Old Bailey past month, Mr Justice Cavanagh said Sara's decease "was the culmination of years of neglect, predominant assaults and what tin lone beryllium described arsenic torture", chiefly astatine the hands of Sharif.

He told Sharif: "You treated her successful specified a mode due to the fact that you considered it your close to enforce harsh subject connected her. Sara was a brave, feisty and spirited child. She was not submissive arsenic you wanted her to be. She stood up to you. I person nary uncertainty that your ego and consciousness of self-importance was boosted by the powerfulness you wielded implicit her and the remainder of the family."