Sara Sharif's mum Olga now from fleeing country to haunted by 'sadistic abuse'
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Sara Sharif's murder was one of the most difficult and distressing cases Surrey Police had ever dealt with. The 10-year-old was beaten to death following years of abuse at the hands of her evil father Urfan Sharif and step-mother Beinash Batool, who were convicted of murder at the Old Bailey. Her uncle Faisal Malik was convicted of causing or allowing the tragic youngster's death.
Today, Sharif was sentenced to life in prison, to serve a minimum term of 40 years behind bars and Batool was sentenced to life in prison, with a minimum term of 33 years. Malik was sentenced to 16 years imprisonment and ordered to serve up to two thirds of his sentence in custody.
Mr Justice Cavanagh said Sara Sharif had been treated 'as if she was worthless' and said neither her father or stepmother had 'any concern for her happiness'. He added that Sara had been 'singled out' for abuse among her siblings by Sharif and Batool because she was a girl and not Batool's 'natural child'.
The judge added that the young girl has suffered 'almost unbelievable torture' in the last weeks of her life. "It is hard to imagine how terrifying this was for Sara, especially at the hands of her parents," he said. Sara's short life was filled with torment, with the child suffering 25 broken bones after being hit repeatedly with a cricket bat, mobile phone and metal pole, iron burns on her buttocks, boiling water burns on her feet and human bite marks on her arm and thigh.
The youngster had been the subject of a child protection plan from birth in January 2013, due to concerns she was at risk from father Sharif and mother Olga Domin. Social services were repeatedly called after children including Sara suffered unexplained bruising, bite marks, burns and scratches.
