THE dad, uncle and stepmum of schoolgirl Sara Sharif are to appear in court after she was found dead underneath a blanket in bed.
Sara, 10, had suffered “extensive injuries” after “multiple events of violence” when she was discovered at her home in Woking, Surrey, on August 10 last year.
Her dad Urfan, 42, stepmum, Beinash Batool, 30, and uncle Faisal Malik, 28, will appear at the Old Bailey today charged with her murder.
Sara’s dad Urfan, her stepmum Beinash and her uncle Faisal Malik will appear at the Old Bailey today charged with her murder.
All three deny murder and a charge of causing or allowing the death of a child between December 16, 2022, and August 9, 2023.
It comes after police launched an investigation after Sara’s body was found under a blanket in a bunk bed at her home last summer.
Cops were alerted after receiving a call from Pakistan, which lasted eight minutes and 34 seconds, at 2.47am on August 10.
Officers subsequently arrived at the house and tragically found Sara lying face up and fully clothed in an upstairs room.
It is alleged she died as a result of third-party involvement, the prosecution argues.
The three defendants were arrested on in September last year at Gatwick Airport as they disembarked a flight from Dubai.
The trial before Mr Justice Cavanagh is expected to go on until December 13.
