Timeline of occasions in Sara Sharif case
olice have charged the daddy of Sara Sharif and two different folks together with her homicide.
The trio have additionally been charged with inflicting or permitting the dying of a kid and can face Guildford Magistrate’s Court on Friday.
Here is a timeline of the occasions within the case to date.
– August 9
Sara’s father Urfan Sharif, 41, his companion Beinash Batool, 29, and Urfan Sharif’s brother, Faisal Malik, 28, journey to Islamabad, Pakistan, with 5 youngsters aged between one and 13 years outdated.
– August 10
Officers from Surrey Police are known as from Pakistan by Mr Sharif at about 2.50am to a semi-detached property on Hammond Road in Woking, Surrey, the place Sara is discovered lifeless. A homicide investigation is launched.
– August 15
A autopsy examination is unable to ascertain the reason for Sara’s dying and additional exams are carried out, however the examination reveals the kid had suffered “multiple and extensive” accidents which have been more likely to have been prompted over a “sustained and extended” time period.
– August 18
Surrey Police say they wish to communicate to Urfan Sharif, Beinash Batool and Faisal Malik in relation to the investigation, with a seek for them below manner.
– August 19
The Associated Press news company studies that Pakistani police within the japanese province of Punjab are looking for to arrest Mr Sharif in reference to Sara’s dying, along with his household dwelling believed to be within the metropolis of Jhelum.
Officer Imran Ahmed stated police discovered proof that he had briefly returned to Jhelum, earlier than leaving and disappearing.
– August 20
Surrey County Council confirms to the PA news company Sara was identified to the native authority. The seek for her father continues.
– August 24
Rawalpindi Region police chief Khurram Ali says the pressure is “close to locating” Mr Sharif, Ms Batool and Mr Malik, after that they had interrogated Mr Sharif’s father, brother and uncle.
Police within the UK challenge a contemporary attraction for info within the case.
– August 27
Speaking to the Sunday Times, Sara’s grandfather Muhammad Sharif, 68, urges the three people handy themselves in to police.
– August 29
An inquest into Sara’s dying is opened at Surrey Coroner’s Court, and hears the exact explanation for her dying is “not yet ascertained” however is more likely to be “unnatural”.
– September 6
In footage despatched to broadcasters together with the BBC and Sky, Ms Batool, accompanied by Mr Sharif, speaks publicly for the primary time since Sara’s dying and describes it as “an incident”, saying they’re “willing to co-operate with the UK authorities and fight our case in court”.
– September 9
A police spokesman in Jhelum says Mr Sharif and Ms Batool are in hiding and 10 shut kinfolk have been taken into custody for questioning, together with Sara’s grandfather Muhammad Sharif.
– September 11
The BBC studies that 5 youngsters have been taken from the house of Muhammad Sharif, with dozens of cops raiding the property in Jhelum.
Eyewitness accounts say officers broke CCTV cameras on the property, stopped site visitors and prevented passers-by from filming. The youngsters have been later returned.
The whereabouts of Urfan Sharif, Ms Batool and Mr Malik are nonetheless unknown.
– September 12
A court docket guidelines that the 5 youngsters will probably be despatched quickly to a authorities childcare facility in Pakistan.
In the UK, Surrey Police say they’re working to safe the protected return of the siblings from Pakistan.
– September 13
Urfan Sharif, Beinash Batool and Faisal Malik land within the UK at Gatwick Airport on an Emirates flight from Sialkot, Pakistan, through Dubai, and are arrested on suspicion of homicide instantly after leaving the aircraft.
Sialkot police spokesman Khan Mudassir stated the three people have been handed over to the Pakistani Federal Investigation Agency.
– September 15
Just after midnight, Surrey Police challenge an announcement saying the Crown Prosecution Service has authorised the trio to be charged with Sara’s homicide.
They are additionally charged with inflicting or permitting the dying of a kid and scheduled to face court docket later the identical day.