The father and stepmother of Sara Sharif, a 10-year-old British-Pakistani girl who was found dead in her home in Britain, were on Tuesday jailed for 40 and 33 years respectively for her murder after a trial which heard harrowing details of her treatment.<\/p>\n
She was found dead in August 2023 at her home in Woking, a town southwest of London, after what prosecutors said was a campaign of \u201cserious and repeated violence\u201d.<\/p>\n
The family fled to Pakistan immediately after she was killed, before they were arrested in September 2023 at London\u2019s Gatwick airport after flying from Dubai.<\/p>\n
Prosecutor Bill Emlyn Jones told jurors at the start of the trial that Sara had suffered injuries, including burns, multiple broken bones and bite marks.<\/p>\n
Sara\u2019s father Urfan Sharif, 43, and his wife Beinash Batool, 30, stood trial at London\u2019s Old Bailey court charged with her murder, which they denied.<\/p>\n
Last week, the jury convicted Urfan and Batool of Sara\u2019s murder. Sara\u2019s uncle Faisal Malik, 29, was found not guilty of murder but guilty of causing or allowing her death.<\/p>\n
Urfan and Batool appeared in the dock at the Old Bailey, where they heard a statement read on behalf of Sara\u2019s mother Olga Domin who called them \u201cexecutioners\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou are sadists, although even this word is not enough for you,\u201d her statement read. \u201cI would say you are executioners.\u201d<\/p>\n
Judge John Cavanagh sentenced Urfan to a minimum of 40 years in prison and Batool to a minimum of 33 years. Malik was sentenced to 16 years.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe courts at the Old Bailey have been witness to many accounts of awful crimes, but few can have been more terrible than the account of the despicable treatment of this poor child that the jury in this case have had to endure,\u201d Cavanagh said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is no exaggeration to describe the campaign of abuse against Sara as torture.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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