Michael Ivers KC says the evidence against Sara's uncle Faisal Malik is 'entirely circumstantial'.
The father of 10-year-old Sara Sharif is “controlling the narrative even now”, a jury at the Old Bailey has heard.in Woking, but denied intending to kill her.
Mr Ivers KC added: "He gave his teeth marks because he'd never bitten, he’d never burnt, he’d never hit, he’d never done anything.'Laughably wrong'Mr Ivers KC added that it was “bluntly laughable” to say that the evidence against Sara’s uncle was the same as the other defendants. Mr Ivers KC told jurors: “You don’t have to be Mystic Meg in this case to realise that there’s an issue in and around causation."
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