Sara Sharif's father claims 'crazy' wife abused him at home - as he denies beating daughter

Sara Sharif's begetter has told a tribunal helium did not bushed the 10-year-old girl, claiming his woman was "very, very, crazy" and accusing her of abuse.

Taxi operator Urfan Sharif, his woman Beinash Batool and member Faisal Malik are connected proceedings astatine the Old Bailey accused of Sara's execution successful August past year.

Sara was recovered dormant successful furniture astatine the family's location successful Woking, Surrey, aft Sharif called constabulary from Pakistan and said helium had beaten her "too much".

A post-mortem recovered dozens of injuries, including burns and quality wound marks.

Giving grounds successful tribunal connected Wednesday, Sharif said: "Everything happened astatine location portion I was astatine work.

"I did not bushed her, bash thing to her."

In WhatsApp messages to her sisters, Batool claimed her hubby had beaten his girl "like crazy" implicit astatine slightest 2 years.

Sharif denied this and alternatively alleged his woman - who was Sara's stepmother - was "very, precise crazy", highlighting video grounds allegedly showing she abused him.

He said helium recorded the incidents "so that she (would) permission maine alone" and "stop what she was doing".

The taxi operator alleged his woman did not "care astir thing astatine all" and claimed her household said: "Someone has done achromatic magic connected her."

Sharif became affectional arsenic helium told jurors: "I utilized to leap done the room model arsenic she would fastener the beforehand door.

"Most of the clip erstwhile she was angry, I jumped done the surviving country window."

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The tribunal was shown 2 videos from Sharif's Google drive. One was filmed successful February 2016 aft his woman accused him of flirting with a infirmary nurse, helium said.

In the video, helium could beryllium heard saying: "You are pushing me. You are abusing me. Get disconnected me.

"You are hitting me. I'm going to usage this arsenic grounds I'm telling you now."

Batool demanded for him to halt filming and said: "I ain't frightened of you."

Addressing what the video showed, Sharif told the court: "She kicked me. I ran to the different room, she is lasting successful beforehand of the doorway truthful I cannot leave."

A 2nd video, dated 26 June 2019, saw Sharif repeatedly asking his woman to "let maine go" earlier jumping retired of a window.

He told jurors Batool "slapped" him, adding: "You person a prime either to combat with that idiosyncratic oregon leave.

"I tried to permission but she locked the beforehand door. I jumped done the room window."

Sharif, 42, Batool, 30, and Malik, 29, contradict execution and causing oregon allowing the decease of a kid betwixt 16 December 2022 and 9 August 2023.

The proceedings continues.