The stepmother accused of murdering 10-year-old Sara Sharif wept in court today as a video was played of the schoolgirl dancing energetically just days before her death. Sara was found dead at ...

Sara Sharif’s father tried to save his daughter and begged for an ambulance, the jury as he began giving evidence in his defence at The Old Bailey. The court heard he was told “Leave it, ...

The father of Sara Sharif forced his daughter to do sit ups all night because she hid his keys, a court heard. The 10-year-old was discovered dead with burns, bite marks and fractured bones on a ...

Sara Sharif had suffered an “extremely rare” fracture in her neck, which a radiologist said he had “never seen” in a child before. Examinations showed she had an injury to her hyoid bone ...

A note that was allegedly found by Sara Sharif’s body in her father’s handwriting has been pictured in court. Taxi driver Urfan Sharif, 42, is on trial at the Old Bailey accused of his 10 ...

A former neighbour of Sara Sharif has told jurors that the 10-year-old “never smiled once” in the months leading up to her death. Sara was found dead in her home in Woking, Surrey, on 10 ...

A video showing ten-year-old Sara Sharif dancing at her family home days before her alleged murder, has been shown in court. Her stepmother Beinash Batool, who is said to have recorded the footage, ...

Schoolgirl Sara Sharif was hooded, restrained and beaten with a belt buckle and pole in a “campaign of abuse” lasting more than two years before her death, a court has heard. Taxi driver Urfan ...

Injuries sustained by murdered 10-year-old Sara Sharif were so severe they were comparable to having been "kicked by a horse", a court has heard. Experts who examined Sara said she had suffered at ...

Sara Sharif began wearing a hijab to hide her facial injuries in January 2023, months before her body was discovered at her home in Woking, Surrey, jurors at the Old Bailey were told. A post-mortem ...