Father amongst three charged with homicide of 10-year-old Sara Sharif

Sep 15, 2023 at 1:28 AM
Father amongst three charged with homicide of 10-year-old Sara Sharif

Three individuals have been charged with the homicide of 10-year-old Sara Sharif.

Surrey Police mentioned the Crown Prosecution Service authorised expenses in opposition to Sara’s father, Urfan Sharif, 41, his companion, Beinash Batool, 29, and his brother, Faisal Malik, 28, all of Hammond Road, Woking.

They have additionally been charged with inflicting or permitting the dying of a kid.

All three will seem earlier than magistrates in Guildford at the moment.

They had been arrested on Wednesday night at Gatwick Airport as they disembarked a flight from Dubai.

In a press release, Surrey Police mentioned: “Sara’s mother has been informed of this latest development and is being supported by specialist officers.”

The trio travelled to Pakistan a day earlier than police found Sara’s physique in her residence in Woking on 10 August.

Five of Sara’s siblings, aged between one and 13 years previous, additionally travelled to Pakistan on 9 August with them.

A autopsy discovered Sara had suffered “multiple and extensive injuries” over a “sustained and extended” time period.

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