SARA Sharif’s sadistic dad has been found guilty of murdering the schoolgirl in a barbaric two-year torture campaign.
The ten-year-old was hooded, burned, bitten and beaten by Urfan Sharif before she was bludgeoned to death with a cricket bat.
PASara Sharif was brutally murdered at her home[/caption]
PADad Urfan Sharif has been convicted of murder[/caption]
Sara had suffered at least 71 external injuries when she was found dead at home in Woking, Surrey, on August 10 last year.
Sharif, 42, his wife Beinash Batool, 30, and brother Faisal Malik, 29, were at the centre of a global manhunt after fleeing the UK.
The dad has now been convicted of murder after earlier accepting “full responsibility” for the horrors inflicted on his daughter.
Sara’s stepmum Batool was also today found guilty of her murder.
Malik, Sara’s uncle, was acquitted of her murder, but was convicted of causing or allowing her death by a jury at the Old Bailey.
The court heard how Sharif dished out brutal punishments to his daughter during the depraved campaign of abuse.
Tragic Sara “suffered dreadfully” and was burned with an iron, bitten and had a bag taped over head before she was found dead.
The schoolgirl was made to wear a hijab to conceal her injuries, which neighbours found “unusual” as she was the only family member to wear one.
Text messages from stepmum Batool described Sharif as a “psycho” who “beat the crap out of Sara”.
Describing one incident, she wrote: “Why the hell am I ever letting him in the house. I feel really sorry for Sara, poor girl can’t walk, she literally fainted in the kitchen in the morning, he made her do sit ups all night.
“It’s been so crazy man, you don’t even understand.”
Between June 6, 2022, and March 10, 2023, the court heard teachers noted Sara had bruising under her eye on two separate occasions.
The school notified the authorities and a social services referral was made – but officials decided not to intervene just six days later.
On April 17, 2023, Sharif removed Sara from school confirming his daughter would be homeschooled with immediate effect.
Central NewsSara was subjected to brutal punishments by her dad[/caption]
PAHe wrote a chilling note admitting he had killed her[/caption]
Now locked up at home away from preying eyes, Sharif was free to bound his defenceless daughter and subjected her to extreme punishments.
Packing tape was used to tie the terrified schoolgirl to a radiator and she was made to wear a nappy.
This violence reached a fatal head on August 8 when Sara was battered to death with a cricket bat.
She was then taken into the garden, stripped of her dirty leggings and nappy and cleaned with a jetwash.
The following day, Sharif, Batool and Malik fled to Pakistan – leaving the youngster dead in a bunk-bed.
Sharif then called police to say he had beaten Sara “too much” as a punishment for being naughty.
When police arrived, the found a chilling note by the schoolgirl that read: “I swear to God that my intention was not to kill her. But I lost it.”
Officers also discovered a cricket bat stained with Sarah’s blood, a rolling pin with her DNA and black rope with her hair attached to it.
During his evidence, Sharif dramatically told jurors: “I accept every single thing”.
He admitted causing fractures – including to her neck bone – by hitting Sara with a cricket bat.
But the dad claimed he did not mean to “harm” Sara when he bound and beat her with the weapon.
He also denied that he had bitten the youngster and burned her with scalding water.
When asked if he had intended to kill his daughter, Sharif replied: “Yes, she died because of me.”
The defendants pleaded not guilty to murder and to causing or allowing the death of a child between December 16, 2022, and August 9, 2023.
PASharif fled to Pakistan after the horror[/caption]
Stepmum Beinash Batool had written texts outlining the abuse
PAShe also fled the country with Sharif and his brother Faisal Malik[/caption]
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