Teachers spotting bruises, knife incident and child with burn marks – 15 missed chances to save murdered Sara Sharif

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Teachers spotting bruises, knife incident and child with burn marks  – 15 missed chances to save murdered Sara Sharif
Author: Ed Southgate
Published: Dec, 11 2024 22:00

FAILING authorities missed at least 15 opportunities to put Sara Sharif in a safe home before she was beaten to death. They included reports from her siblings of dad Urfan Sharif’s violence as long as ten years before she died. Social workers spotted burn marks on children and were told Sharif slapped a child around the face and that he waved a knife around the home.

 [Failing authorities missed at least 15 opportunities to put Sara Sharif in a safe home before she was beaten to death]
Image Credit: The Sun [Failing authorities missed at least 15 opportunities to put Sara Sharif in a safe home before she was beaten to death]

Sara’s school also logged bruises on their internal computer, without formally passing those concerns on to social services. The Children’s Commissioner, Dame Rachel de Souza, said it showed Britain’s child protection system had a “profound weakness” which “we have failed time and time again to correct”.

 [Sara’s school also logged bruises on their internal computer, without formally passing those concerns on to social services]
Image Credit: The Sun [Sara’s school also logged bruises on their internal computer, without formally passing those concerns on to social services]

And Sara’s MP in Woking, Will Forster, called for an immediate inquest to understand how the system let her down. He said: “It is heartbreaking to think of the warning signs that were missed that allowed her to die at the hands of those who were meant to protect her.”.

 [Sara was known to social services from the day she was born in 2013]
Image Credit: The Sun [Sara was known to social services from the day she was born in 2013]

But Surrey County Council said: “It is clear the perpetrators went to extreme lengths to conceal the truth from everyone.”. It will now launch a safeguarding review, which is expected to appoint a cultural adviser. Sara was known to social services from the day she was born in 2013 — yet 15 opportunities were missed by authorities.

 [Sharif fled to Pakistan after the horror]
Image Credit: The Sun [Sharif fled to Pakistan after the horror]

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