The three judges who played a role in the 2013-2019 family court proceedings concerning 10-year-old Sara Sharif have been revealed following a Court of Appeal decision. Judge Peter Nathan, Judge Alison Raeside and Judge Sally Williams all participated in cases that ultimately led to Sara being placed in the care of her father, Urfan Sharif, and stepmother, Beinash Batool, who were convicted of her murder in 2023.
The three judges who gave the doomed Sara Sharif back to her killer dad have been revealed following a Court of Appeal decision.
However, the Court of Appeal permitted the media to reveal the judges' identities from 10am on Friday in the name of open justice, after hearing that all three judges wished "to convey their profound shock, horror and sadness about what happened to Sara Sharif" on January 24.
Judge Raeside sanctioned supervision orders for the children, meaning they remained in their parents' custody – a stance backed by Surrey County Council, the children’s guardian, and Sara’s parents. In November 2014, following the discovery of an adult bite mark on Z, Sara and her siblings were taken into police protection.
Fast forward to 2019, and Sara tragically ended up moving to a place that would later become the scene of her murder, despite previous accusations of her mother's physical abuse which remained unproven.
Justice Williams observed: "In this case, the evidence suggests that social workers, guardians, lawyers and judiciary acted within the parameters that law and social work practice set for them." A contentious issue arose when several media houses, including the PA news agency, challenged the prohibition on disclosing judges' names. The appeal led to a reversal earlier this month, with appeal judges asserting that judges should indeed be identifiable, countering Mr Justice Williams's previous anonymity order.
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