Sara Sharif’s mum pays poignant tribute to girl, 10, who could ‘brighten the darkest room’ as stepmum & dad found guilty
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SARA Sharif's mum has paid tribute to her "beautiful" daughter after she was murdered by her dad and stepmum. The schoolgirl, 10, endured a horrid two-year campaign of heinous torture before she was bludgeoned to death with a cricket bat. She was found dead in a bunk bed at her home in Woking, Surrey, in August last year.
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Her mum today paid tribute as Sara's dad and stepmum were found guilty of her murder. Olga Sharif said: "My dear Sara, I ask God to please take care of my little girl, she was taken too soon. "Sara had beautiful brown eyes and an angelic voice. Sara's smile could brighten up the darkest room.
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"Everyone who knew Sara will know her unique character, her beautiful smile and loud laugh. "She will always be in our hearts, her laughter will bring warmth to our lives. We miss Sara very much. Love you Princess.". It comes after Sara's dad Urfan Sharif and stepmum Beinash Batool were today convicted of her murder.
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Urfan's brother and Sara's uncle, Faisal Malik, was acquitted of murder but found guilty of causing or allowing her death by a jury at the Old Bailey. They will be sentenced at the same court on Tuesday. A trial earlier heard devastating details of how Sara had been hooded, burned, bitten and beaten before her death.
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The schoolgirl had suffered at least 71 external injuries when she was found dead at home on August 10 last year. Sharif, 42, his wife Batool, 30, and brother Faisal Malik, 29, were then at the centre of a global manhunt when they fled the UK after her death.
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