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Sara Sharif murder: 10-year-old Pakistani-origin girl Sara Sharif was found dead in Britain on August 10, 2023. Investigation found that the girl had suffered severe and inhuman abuse at the hands of her parents, which led to her death. On Tuesday, a court in England sentenced the girl's father and stepmother to life imprisonment for murder. At the same time, Sara Sharif's uncle was sentenced to 16 years.
Sara's father, Urfan Sharif, 42, and stepmother, Benash Batool, 30, were convicted last week of Sara's murder, while the girl's uncle, Faisal Malik, 29, was found guilty of causing her death or allowing it to happen.
More than 70 wounds were found on the body
Sari Sharif's father and stepmother had been torturing and subjecting her to inhuman torture for years. More than 70 new wounds and many old wounds were found on the body of the 10-year-old girl. These include bruises, burns, fractures and bite marks. According to media reports, more than 25 bones of the girl were broken.
fled to Pakistan after the murder
After Sara's death, her father, stepmother and uncle fled to Pakistan. Police found her lifeless body under a blanket on a cot in the family's Surrey home on August 10, 2023. Sharif later approached UK police and confessed that he had "punished" Sara, leading to her death. The three convicts were arrested at London's Gatwick Airport in September 2023 after flying from Dubai.
Hijab was worn to hide injuries
Sara's father admitted during the trial to strangling her with his hands and beating her with a cricket bat and other objects. During the trial, it was also revealed that Sara's father made her wear a hijab not for religious reasons but to hide the wounds on her body. The girl's injuries were noticed at school, so her father also expelled her from school. Sara's mother Olga Sharif has called her daughter's killers "cowards, cruel and executioners".
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