Sara Sharif's dad claims he returned home to find daughter dying in wife's arms

Sara Sharif was recovered to person suffered astatine slightest 71 outer injuries and was tortured and regularly beaten successful the months earlier she died - her begetter denies murder

The begetter of murdered schoolgirl Sara Sharif wept successful tribunal contiguous arsenic helium described returning location to observe his dying successful his wife's arms.

Sara, 10, was recovered dormant astatine her location successful Hammond Road, Woking, connected 10 August 2023. Urfan Sharif, 42 denies execution and causing oregon allowing the decease of a kid alongside his woman Beinash Batool, 30, and Sara's uncle, 29-year-old McDonald's idiosyncratic Faisal Malik.

The schoolgirl had astatine slightest 71 outer injuries inflicted connected her and was tortured and regularly beaten successful the months earlier she died, the Old Bailey has heard. After the sidesplitting Urfan, Batool and Malik fled to Pakistan, leaving Sara's assemblage successful the 3 chamber location successful Woking.

Giving grounds astatine the Old Bailey today, Urfan sobbed loudly arsenic helium described returning location connected 8 August 2023. Batool besides burst into tears arsenic helium gave evidence. He said helium parked his car connected the driveway aft Batool had called him and asked him to travel location saying that Sara was warring with different child. He said: "I parked my car connected the driveway. I opened the doorway and I sat connected the stairs connected the and took disconnected my shoes.

"I enactment my keys connected the footwear furniture successful the hallway past I went to the room and had a solid of h2o and past I went upstairs. Nobody was downstairs.

"I went into my country and I saw Sara connected Beinash's thigh successful the corner. I asked Beinash what happened due to the fact that Sara was lying connected her thigh with Sara's caput laying connected Beinash's near arm."

He said that Batool told him that Sara had been chased down the stairs by different child. He continued: "She said 'she fell down determination and present she's pretending, she's being melodramatic and she's not getting up.'

"I lifted up her near arm, I asked Sara to get up but she wouldn't get up. Her limb was limp erstwhile I dropped it conscionable went down.

"I knelt down, I tapped her look and said Sara get up but she didn't get up. I took Sara retired of Beinash's lap. I tapped Sara's face, she opened her eyes somewhat and said she's thirsty, she needs h2o and she's felling sleepy.

"When I came backmost and gave her the h2o she didn't drink. She didn't aftermath up. "He said Batool told him to enactment Sara down connected the floor.

"I could not perceive her breathing, her thorax was numb I checked her pulse and it was numb. I shouted for an ambulance. I started giving her CPR.

"I was numb I'm inactive determination present I was numb similar I americium now. I was shocked. I was giving CPR. Beinash shouted astatine maine aftermath her up, aftermath her up she cannot die."

But the begetter said Batool "did not look emotional." He said Batool past stopped him from giving CPR.
Beinash stopped me, hugged maine and said "leave her, Sara's dead."

"I asked her wherever Sara's ambulance is. I was each implicit the place, I was not thinking. I did not privation to judge what had happened."

Sharif said helium asked Batool wherever the ambulance was and she said 'there's nary constituent due to the fact that she's dead." He said helium got his telephone retired but Batool snatched it from his manus and told him to hold present portion she went to archer Malik what had happened.

"I was with Sara. She was a lifeless assemblage successful my arms. I picked her up. I conscionable hugged her. Kissed her. I could not judge that she was dead. I could not judge she was gone. I was not accepting it. I americium inactive not accepting that my girl is gone.

"I americium sitting present and I americium inactive not accepting that my girl is gone. I wasn't saying anything, thing astatine each she was conscionable successful my arms. I was conscionable asking her to aftermath up conscionable once. I was conscionable sitting there"

"I was shock. I was numb. I could not recognize what had happened. My satellite was crushed. My full satellite fallen connected me."

He said Malik past came in, checked Sara's pulse and burst into tears. Sharif said helium wanted to lavation Sara's assemblage and helium saw reddish marks covering her neck.

He said Batool did not fto him undress her and springiness her a bath but Batool told him 'are you anserine conscionable permission her' truthful helium lone washed her hairsbreadth and face. He said it was Batool's proposition that they spell to Pakistan.

The assemblage was played a telephone telephone Batool made to an hose to publication tickets to Pakistan. Her dependable was calm and emotionless arsenic she asked for tickets for the adjacent day.

He said Batool past told him that Sara had been beaten and kicked by the different child. Sharif said Batool told him that helium oregon Malik should instrumentality the blame.

He said helium near a enactment falsely confessing to sidesplitting Sara himself due to the fact that helium wanted to support his household and that portion helium wrote the enactment Batool dictated the words. The household returned from Pakistan connected September 13 past twelvemonth and were arrested astatine Gatwick Airport having flown backmost from Dubai.

Sara was recovered to person 10 spinal fractures and further fractures to her close collar bone, some enarthrosis blades, some arms, some hands, 3 abstracted fingers, bones adjacent the wrist successful each hand, 2 ribs and her hyoid bony successful the neck. Sharif, Batool and Malik, each contradict execution and causing oregon allowing the decease of a child.

The proceedings continues.