Sara Sharif’s dad sobs in dock when denying beating his daughter to death

The begetter accused of murdering 10-year-old Sara Sharif wept successful tribunal and denied biting, burning oregon beating her to death.

The young miss was recovered dead astatine her location successful Woking, Surrey, connected August 10, 2023.

At the Old Bailey today, it was heard however Urfan Sharif, denied execution and causing oregon allowing the decease of a kid alongside woman Beinash Batool, 30, and Sara’s uncle, Faisal Malik, 29.

The household returned connected September 13 past twelvemonth from Pakistan and were arrested astatine Gatwick Airport

Defence barrister Naeem Mian, KC, straight asked Sharif: ‘Are you, Urfan Sharif, liable for the decease of Sara Sharif?’

Sharif replied: ‘No’.

Sharif besides denied that helium bit, burned oregon bushed up his girl with either a cricket bat oregon a achromatic pole.

He wept successful tribunal and said: ‘She was beautiful, an angel, lovely, bubbly…her favourite nutrient was chickenhearted biryani and she hated eating bread.

‘Her hobby was playing guitar and singing, her privation for what she wanted to beryllium erstwhile she grew up was a ballet dancer.

‘Her favourite big was her grandad, my father. Her favourite colour was pink.’

Sharif was asked if helium bushed her and replied: ‘I did slap her. I person tons of flaws successful my life, but I ne'er bushed her. Never.’

Mr Mian said Sharif had wrongly been formed arsenic the ‘villain of the piece’ due to the fact that helium lone disciplined her with a ‘slap’.

Sharif claimed Batool had deed him connected the caput with a citrus squeezer erstwhile helium archetypal wanted to permission and connected different juncture attacked him with a broom.

He spoke softly and was told to talk up truthful that the assemblage could perceive what helium was saying.

The tribunal antecedently heard Sara was recovered dormant lying connected her furniture astatine home.

Her assemblage was recovered covered successful bruises, wound marks, puncture wounds and abrasions from important blunt unit trauma.

She had 11 spinal fractures and had breached ribs, collar bone, enarthrosis blades, and breached arms, hands and immoderate fingers fractured.

A post-mortem introspection recovered she was beaten with objects, strangled, and was ‘left severely unwell, adjacent to death’ from a bid of caput injuries.

But it was heard however Sharif believed Sara’s injuries were sustained successful fights with different children.

Mr Mian said Sharif tried to springiness Sara CPR and begged for an ambulance to beryllium called connected August 8, but helium was told ‘leave it, she’s dead’.

It was besides heard however Sharif fought for the custody of Sara aft helium accused his ex-wife Olga Sharif of abusing Sara.

Jurors were besides work texts betwixt Batool and her sister Qandeela Saboohi, successful which Batool suggests Sharif took a slope paper and currency from her which prevented her from buying for herself.

She said Sharif had been breaking things successful the location and she wanted to extremity the relationship.

She sent a screenshot of messages betwixt her and Sharif to her sister successful which Sharif said some Batool and Sara made his beingness hell.

These messages allegedly said: ‘Once she is astatine home, benignant her retired earlier I do.

‘Neither of you tin beryllium trusted, you are some making beingness hellhole for radical who attraction for you.

‘I’m done with you and present it volition beryllium her crook if either of you bash thing silly.’

Sharif, Batool and Malik, each contradict execution and causing oregon allowing the decease of a child.

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