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Nov 18, 2024 | 
msn.com | Christian Fuller |Christian Füller |South East |Helena Wilkinson |Claire Ellison |Old Bailey
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Christian Fuller |Christian Füller |South East |Helena Wilkinson |Claire Ellison |Old Bailey
The stepmother and uncle of Sara Sharif will not give evidence in their defence during their trial for the 10-year-old’s murder. At the Old Bailey, Mr Justice Cavanagh asked if each of the defendants’ barristers had advised their clients that the “jury may draw such inference as is proper” from their failure to do so, and they confirmed they had.
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Helena Wilkinson |Claire Ellison |Old Bailey
The father of Sara Sharif has denied that he deliberately destroyed phone evidence after the girl was found dead with multiple injuries at the family home. Urfan Sharif was questioned at his trial at the Old Bailey as to why none of the relatives had brought their phones back from Pakistan, where they travelled to the day after 10-year-old Sara died. Prosecutor Bill Emlyn Jones KC said the jury had been “denied the treasure trove” of messages, photos and videos.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Christian Fuller |Christian Füller |Daniel Sandford |Old Bailey
Sara Sharif’s father has accepted “full responsibility” for her death, a court has heard. The 10-year-old's father Urfan Sharif, 42, stepmother Beinash Batool, 30, and uncle, Faisal Malik, 29, had denied murder after Sara’s body was found with dozens of injuries at the family’s home in Woking, Surrey, last year.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
msn.com | Christian Fuller |Christian Füller |Daniel Sandford |Old Bailey
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
msn.com | Daniel Sandford |Old Bailey |Jacob Panons |South East
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Zac Sherratt |South East |Helena Wilkinson |Claire Ellison |Old Bailey
Sara Sharif's body was found at her home in Woking on 10 August last year [Surrey Police]The father of 10-year-old Sara Sharif, who is accused of her murder, was previously arrested for domestic violence and threats to kill former partners, a court has heard. Sara was found dead, with dozens of injuries to her body, at her family home in Woking, Surrey, on 10 August last yearThe girl's father, Urfan Sharif, 42, stepmother, Beinash Batool, 30, and uncle, Faisal Malik, 29, have denied murder.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
nz.news.yahoo.com | Christian Fuller |Christian Füller |Helena Wilkinson |Old Bailey
A stepmother accused of killing Sara Sharif tied the 10-year-old’s hands behind her back with tape for being naughty, a court has heard. Sara’s body was found with dozens of injuries at the family’s home in Woking, Surrey, last year, the Old Bailey was told. Her father Urfan Sharif, 42, stepmother Beinash Batool, 30, and uncle, Faisal Malik, 29, have denied murder. Giving evidence, Mr Sharif told jurors he returned home unexpectedly to find a “terrified” Sara with her hands tied with packing tape.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
msn.com | Zac Sherratt |Helena Wilkinson |Old Bailey
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Zac Sherratt |Helena Wilkinson |Old Bailey
A father accused of murdering Sara Sharif has said the 10-year-old’s stepmother is a “psycho” and “evil”, a jury has heard. Sara's body was found with dozens of injuries in a bunkbed at the family home in Woking, Surrey, in August last year. Her father Urfan Sharif, 42, stepmother Beinash Batool, 30, and uncle, Faisal Malik, 29, have denied murder. Mr Sharif told a jury at the Old Bailey on Thursday that Ms Batool forced him to slap his daughter.
