A 10-year-old girl named Sara Sharif was subjected to a horrific campaign of torture and abuse by her father, stepmother, and uncle, leading to her tragic death. The family has been sentenced at the Old Bailey.
Sara Sharif was subjected to a horrific campaign of torture and abuse behind the doors of her family home, ultimately resulting in her death at just 10 years old. Her father, Urfan Sharif, 42, stepmother Beinash Batool, 30, and uncle Faisal Malik, 29, have been sentenced at the Old Bailey. Sharif and Batool, who murdered the little girl, have both been jailed for life.
Sharif was told he will serve a minimum of 40 years behind bars before he is eligible for parole and his stepmum was given a minimum term of 33 years. Malik, who lived with them, was convicted of causing or allowing her death and will serve at least 16 years, the Mirror reports. Mr Justice Cavanagh said Sara was treated 'as if she was worthless' and that neither her father nor stepmother had 'any concern for her happiness' as he handed down sentencing today (December 17). The judge asserted that Sara had been 'singled out' for abuse among her siblings because she was a girl and not Batool’s 'natural child'. He stated: 'Sara was treated as a skivvy from the family, from the age of six or seven she was made to do the washing up and tidy the house.' Police discovered Sara's lifeless body on August 10, 2023, following a frantic phone call from her father Urfan Sharif, who sobbed as he told the operator: 'I've killed my daughter. I legally punished her, and she died.' During the eight-and-a-half-minute phone call, Sharif, who later claimed to have made a false confession, wept as he insisted: 'I beat her up, it wasn't my intention to kill her, but I beat her up too much.' However, court reports later revealed the true extent of the family's punishment of the 10-year-old, which included being hooded, bitten, burned with an iron, and beaten so badly that she suffered 25 broken bones in injuries akin to being 'kicked by a horse', over the course of two years
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