Sara Sharif's appalling injuries after years of torture as evil dad and step mum jailed
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Behind the doors of her family home in Woking, 'bubbly and confident' Sara Sharif should have felt safe and taken care of. Instead, she was subjected to a horrific campaign of torture and abuse, ultimately resulting in her death at just 10 years old. Now her father, Urfan Sharif, 42, stepmother Beinash Batool, 30, and uncle Faisal Malik, 29, have been sentenced at the Old Bailey in a harrowing case that has left many demanding answers.
Sara's step mother and father, 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 Batool 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.
Handing down sentencing today (December 17), Mr Justice Cavanagh said Sara was treated "as if she was worthlese" and that neither her father nor stepmother had "any concern for her happiness". 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.".
On December 11, Sharif and Batool, 30, were found guilty of Sara's murder, while Malik was found guilty of causing or allowing her death. Here, the Mirror looks at the awful litany of injuries little Sara was subjected to during her short life, which her evil family sought to conceal by taking her out of school.
