The daddy, stepmother and uncle accused of murdering ten-year-old Sara Sharif of their Surrey residence right now appeared in court docket – and their trial date has now been set.
Urfan Sharif, 42, alongside together with his associate, Beinash Batool, 29, and brother, Faisal Malik, 28, are accused of killing the teen, whose physique was found at her residence in Woking, Surrey, on August 10 final yr.
The trio, who flew to Pakistan the day earlier than Sara’s physique was discovered with ‘a number of and intensive accidents’, have been arrested on September 13 at Gatwick airport as they disembarked a flight from Dubai.
They deny murdering Sara, on or about 8 August 2023, and inflicting or permitting the dying of a kid between 16 December 2022 and 9 August 2023.
Batool right now appeared on the Previous Bailey by way of video-link from HMP Bronzefield, whereas Sharif and Malik appeared collectively from HMP Belmarsh.
The physique of 10-year-old Sara Shariff (pictured) was found at her residence in Woking, Surrey, on August 10 final yr
Her father Urfan Sharif, 42, (pictured) appeared in court docket right now charged along with her homicide
Mr Sharif’s associate Beinash Batool (proper), 29, and brother, Faisal Malik (left), 28, are additionally accused of killing the teen
Their trial had been fastened for 1 October however it is going to now start on 7 October when a jury can be chosen.
The prosecutor will then open the case to the jury on October 14.
The trial can be heard by Excessive Courtroom choose Mr Justice Cavanagh and is estimated to last as long as seven weeks.
Prosecutors beforehand advised the Previous Bailey that Sara was discovered to have ‘a constellation of healed and therapeutic accidents’, whereas a autopsy revealed she had suffered ‘a number of and intensive accidents’ over a ‘sustained and prolonged’ time frame.
A autopsy revealed Sara (pictured) had suffered ‘a number of and intensive accidents’ over a ‘sustained and prolonged’ time frame
The day earlier than her physique was found, the three defendants had left the UK for Pakistan with 5 youngsters. They returned to the UK on September 13 and have been arrested on touchdown at Gatwick Airport.
Prosecutor Giles Bedloe earlier mentioned: ‘These defendants have been charged with the homicide of 10-year-old Sara Sharif in addition to the offence of permitting her dying.
‘Within the upstairs bed room on a set of bunk beds attending officers pulled again the blanket and located the physique of a younger lady.
‘She was totally clothed on the centre of the mattress mendacity face up.
‘Sara sustained a variety of accidents – a healed fracture to one in all her clavicles, a number of rib fractures, a number of bruising to the torso and limbs and the presence of haemorrhage on her mind.
‘There have been a number of therapeutic fractures on completely different components of physique suggesting a number of occasions of violence over a time frame which will need to have culminated in her dying.’
Sara’s mom, Olga Sharif, had visited the £550,000 red-brick residence within the village of Horsell 5 days after her daughter’s dying to put flowers in her reminiscence.
The younger lady was beforehand a pupil at St Mary’s Church of England major faculty in Byfleet.
