SARA Sharif’s father will forever be in “circles of hell” for what he did to his tragic daughter, a court was told.
But only her stepmum knows how the ten-year-old died, jurors heard yesterday.
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Dad Urfan Sharif, 42, initially blamed wife Beinash Batool, 30, for her death before accepting “full responsibility”.
He then claimed he did not intend to harm Sara when he beat her, and denied biting and burning her.
His lawyer Naeem Mian KC said untangling the truth was “so difficult”. Why Batool did not call an ambulance but instead made 30 calls to family was a mystery, he went on.
Mr Mian said Sharif was a “scumbag” but did give evidence, unlike his wife, adding at the Old Bailey: “He’ll be in the circles of hell for eternity.”
Caroline Carberry KC, representing Batool, said Sharif terrorised everyone who lived with him.
He was “the sole perpetrator of the violence that led to Sara’s death”, she added.
Sara died at her home in Woking, Surrey, in August 2023.
Sharif, his wife and brother Faisal Malik, 29, deny murder. Case continues.
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