Judges who oversaw family court proceedings related to care of Sara Sharif can be named
Judges who oversaw family court proceedings related to care of Sara Sharif can be named
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Three judges who oversaw family court proceedings related to the care of Sara Sharif can be named next week, the Court of Appeal has ruled. Mr Justice Williams issued a ruling last year that the three judges involved in the historical family court cases related to the 10-year-old, as well as social workers and guardians could not be named, due to a "real risk" of harm from a "virtual lynch mob".
News organisations appealed against Mr Williams's decision over the court case related to 10-year-old Sara, who was murdered by her father and stepmother. Sharif and Sara's stepmother, Beinash Batool, were jailed for life in December for years of horrific "torture" and "despicable" abuse that led to her murder.
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