Sara Sharif’s father Urfan Sharif “derived grim satisfaction from a campaign of violence,” a judge said as he sentenced him for the murder of the schoolgirl.
Delivering remarks at the Old Bailey on Tuesday, 17 December, Mr Justice Cavanagh said: “You plainly derived grim satisfaction from your campaign of violence against Sara.”.
Urfan and Sara’s stepmother Beinash Batool, 30, were found guilty of her murder after inflicting a deadly campaign of abuse which saw the schoolgirl being hooded, restrained and beaten during her short life.
Sara Sharif’s father ‘derived grim satisfaction from campaign of violence’, judge says 00:56.
Sara’s uncle Faisal Malik, 29, was also convicted of causing or allowing her death after a jury at the Old Bailey deliberated for nine hours and 46 minutes.
