Jury in Sara Sharif murder trial sent out to consider verdicts

The jury trying the father, stepmother and uncle of murdered schoolgirl Sara Sharif has retired to consider verdicts after hearing seven weeks of evidence. Ten-year-old Sara was found dead at her home in Hammond Road, Woking, Surrey, on 10 August 2023. Her father Urfan Sharif, 43, stepmother Beinash Batool, 30, and her uncle McDonald’s worker Faisal Malik, 29, deny murder and causing or allowing the death of a child. The schoolgirl had at least 71 external injuries inflicted on her…