UK - Sara Sharif, 10, found murdered in house, Surrey, Aug 2023 *POIs ARREST* #2

[Tortoise]

It is a bit odd isn't it. I've seen this before - the Constance Marten/Mark Gordon trial was the same. Jury was chosen on a Monday and then told to come back the following week. But no idea why.

That must be so inconvenient for the jurors. Presumably they will have made arrangements to be available for jury service from today, and they won't even be getting the daily allowance for days they don't have to attend.

 

[Alyce]

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[Dotta]

I'm glad that each defendant has his/her Defence lawyer.
It gives me hope that they will jump at one another's throats
(like rabid dogs).

I pity the Jurors will have to listen to all horrific details.
I wish them strength to endure this trial.

Justice for Sara!
At last.

I will also check Polish MSM.
Media follow this case closely here.

JMO

 

[Alyce]

The trial of those accused of the murder of ten-year-old Sara Sharif in Horsell, Woking last year is expected to commence at the Old Bailey in London on October 7.

It is anticipated that jury selection and legal arguments will take about a week with opening statements expected on or about October 14.

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[Teeniesmum]

Link below to ITV News it indicates the trial will last 8 weeks.
On Monday, Sharif, Batool and Malik, formerly of Hammond Road in Woking, appeared in the dock at the Old Bailey for their trial.

A group of potential jurors was selected and sent away until Tuesday when 14 of them will be chosen and sworn in.

Mr Justice Cavanagh said the case was expected to be opened by prosecutor William Emlyn Jones KC on Monday October 14.

The trial is expected to go on until December 13.

https://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2024-10-07/prospective-jurors-selected-in-sara-sharif-murder-trial?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawFxE5xleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHaKgow2HJy3HjXDzA_YATlMhsO72_gwzThNzbPE1dAp_0RvPDl4DjmayeQ_aem_3msMBe1Kn2DhygaDC53lLg#Echobox=1728321360

 

[Dotta]

Link below to ITV News it indicates the trial will last 8 weeks.
On Monday, Sharif, Batool and Malik, formerly of Hammond Road in Woking, appeared in the dock at the Old Bailey for their trial.

A group of potential jurors was selected and sent away until Tuesday when 14 of them will be chosen and sworn in.

Mr Justice Cavanagh said the case was expected to be opened by prosecutor William Emlyn Jones KC on Monday October 14.

The trial is expected to go on until December 13.

https://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2024-10-07/prospective-jurors-selected-in-sara-sharif-murder-trial?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawFxE5xleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHaKgow2HJy3HjXDzA_YATlMhsO72_gwzThNzbPE1dAp_0RvPDl4DjmayeQ_aem_3msMBe1Kn2DhygaDC53lLg#Echobox=1728321360

Thanks!

Good that Prosecutor Mr W.E. Jones is KC.

Although I don't live in the UK
I understand this title
King's Counsel (KC)
means that a barrister has been recognised for excellence.
A true leader in law and of high level of legal expertise.

Only the best for Sara!
At least after her death

JMO

 

[Dotta]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1843625306663395786

 

[Alyce]

The Crown Court at Central Criminal Court

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Daily Courtroom List for Monday 14 October 2024​

FINAL 1

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Court 5 - sitting at 10:00 am

The Honourable Mr Justice Cavanagh

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For Trial

CP Case	****** *****	45WK1011823		***
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Direction under Section 45A of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999, DTA, INTERPRETER REQUIRED

www.courtserve.net

 

[Alyce]

Sara Sharif murder trial due to get under way​

Sara’s body was discovered at her home in Woking, Surrey, on August 10 last year.​

Emily Pennink
5 hours ago



On Monday, prosecutor William Emlyn Jones KC is expected to open the case at the Old Bailey.

The trial before Mr Justice Cavanagh is due to go on until December 13.

Sara Sharif murder trial due to get under way

Sara’s body was discovered at her home in Woking, Surrey, on August 10 last year.

www.independent.co.uk

 

[Dotta]

Will the defendants be in Court?
Or will they appear via links?
I'm not sure where their respective prisons are located.

I seem to remember that step"mother" is in the same institution as infamous Lucy L.
Jeez!
What a company of "lovely ladies"
Cough, cough

Dear Prosecution Team
Do your Duty!
Don't restrain yourselves!

 

[Alyce]

Will the defendants be in Court?
Or will they appear via links?
I'm not sure where their respective prisons are located.

I seem to remember that step"mother" is in the same institution as infamous Lucy L.
Jeez!
What a company of "lovely ladies"
Cough, cough

Dear Prosecution Team
Do your Duty!
Don't restrain yourselves!

Hopefully in Court Dotta. It says DTA on the court serve notice, but who knows ?

She is in Bronzefield I think, not sure where the 2 men are being held.

 

[Dotta]

Not sure where the 2 men are being held.

Belmarsh Prison.

I heard it is not exactly a palace hehehe

Prison info from this link

Sara Sharif: Father, step-mother and uncle deny girl's murder - BBC News

Sara Sharif, 10, was found dead at her home in Woking, Surrey, in August.

www-bbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org

 

[Teeniesmum]

Will the defendants be in Court?
Or will they appear via links?
I'm not sure where their respective prisons are located.

I seem to remember that step"mother" is in the same institution as infamous Lucy L.
Jeez!
What a company of "lovely ladies"
Cough, cough

Dear Prosecution Team
Do your Duty!
Don't restrain yourselves!

Dotta, the article from the The Sun Newspaper (sorry) indicates the three defendants will be attending court today Sara Sharif’s dad, uncle & stepmum to appear in court over her 'murder'

 

[Alyce]

 

[Alyce]

 

[Alyce]

6 minutes ago

Trial begins​

The jury in the trial of Urfan Sharif, Beinash Batool and Faisal Malik have entered the courtroom at the Old Bailey.
Prosecutor William Emlyn-Jones KC is now expected to open the prosecution’s case against Mr Justice Cavanagh.

Sara Sharif found with ‘disturbing’ injuries as father’s 999 call revealed - live

In a 999 call, Urfan Sharif told the operator: ‘I legally punished her, and she died’

www.independent.co.uk

 

[Alyce]

8 minutes ago

Urfan Sharif called Surrey Police to say ‘I’ve killed my daughter’​

Opening the prosecution’s case, Mr Emlyn Jones KC said: “We need to cast our minds back to Thursday 10th of August 2023, last summer. That Thursday, at 2.47am in the morning here in the UK, a call was made to the Surrey Police. The caller was the first defendant Urfan Sharif. His call to the police lasted for eight-and-a-half minutes and a recording of it was made.
“In that call, Urfan Sharif began by asking the operator to take down his address. It’s difficult to hear what he is saying because it sounds like he’s crying. The operator interrupts and says ‘take a deep breath and tell me what has happened’.
He continued: “999 operators are used to hearing all kinds of dreadful things, but this one cannot have expected the answer he got to that question. Urfan Sharif told him ‘I’ve killed my daughter’. He used an odd expression: ‘I legally punished her, and she died.’
“A little later, when asked for more detail, he added ‘she was naughty’, and then ‘I beat her up, it wasn’t my intention to kill her, but I beat her up too much’.”


3 minutes ago

Note found next to Sara’s body​

Jurors heard that after providing the address, police attended the address in Woking which was “quiet and seemingly empty”.
“In an upstairs bedroom, on a bottom bunk bed, the police found the body of a little girl, lying in bed, under the cover, as if asleep. But she was not asleep. She was dead. Her name was Sara Sharif, and she had been just ten years old when she was killed,” Mr Emlyn-Jones KC said.
A note was discovered next to her body in Urfan Sharif’s handwriting, which read: “It’s me Urfan Sharif who killed my daughter by beating”, and “I swear to God that my intention was not to kill her. But I lost it”.
He had also written that he was running away as he was “scared”.

Sara Sharif found with ‘disturbing’ injuries as father’s 999 call revealed - live

In a 999 call, Urfan Sharif told the operator: ‘I legally punished her, and she died’

www.independent.co.uk

 

[Alyce]

2 minutes ago

Schoolgirl had suffered ‘appalling’ and ‘brutal’ abuse for weeks​

Detailing the injuries Sara had suffered, Mr Emlyn-Jones KC said that an examination of her body had revealed a “terrible truth”.
He told the Old Bailey: “When Urfan Sharif said, in that call, ‘I beat her up’, he came nowhere near to describing the extent of the violence and physical abuse Sara had suffered; not just at the time of her death, but repeatedly, over time.
“She had been the victim of assault and physical abuse for weeks and weeks, at least.”
This included dozens of separate injuries both externally and internally, extensive bruising, burns, and broken bones.
“So no, Sara had not just been beaten up. Her treatment, certainly in the last few weeks of her life, had been appalling; it had been brutal. And throughout, these three defendants were the adults living in the house where Sara had lived; where she had suffered; and where she had died,” he said.

Sara Sharif found with ‘disturbing’ injuries as father’s 999 call revealed - live

In a 999 call, Urfan Sharif told the operator: ‘I legally punished her, and she died’

www.independent.co.uk

 

[Alyce]

9 minutes ago

Prosecution say all three defendants are ‘responsible’ for her death​

The court heard that at the “heart of this case lies a simple but depressing truth” - a young girl had died after being subjected to serious violence.
Outlining the Crown’s case, Mr Emlyn Jones KC said: “The prosecution case is that it is inconceivable that one of the adults alone, or two of them, could have carried out what amounts to a campaign of abuse without the complicity, participation, assistance and encouragement of the others.
“None of them ever reported Sara’s abuse to any outside agency, who could have intervened; Sara’s medical records tell us that none of the injuries she received was ever reported, or shown to a doctor, or to staff at her school; no outside help was called.
“None of the defendants did anything to prevent what was happening to Sara, as they surely would have done if they had not been complicit in what was happening.
“The prosecution case is that they are all responsible for her death, and they are all guilty of her murder.”

Sara Sharif found with ‘disturbing’ injuries as father’s 999 call revealed - live

In a 999 call, Urfan Sharif told the operator: ‘I legally punished her, and she died’

www.independent.co.uk

 

[Skigh]

Sara Sharif's father told police 'I've killed my daughter' after fleeing to Pakistan, court hears

Urfan Sharif, 42, is on trial at the Old Bailey alongside Sara’s stepmother, Beinash Batool, 30, and uncle, Faisal Malik, 28. They deny murder and causing or allowing the death of a child.

news.sky.com

Prosecutors say all three played their part in the violence and mis-treatment that resulted in Sara's death and it is "inconceivable" that one of them could have carried out so much abuse without the others knowing.

The jury was told Sharif will claim he made a "false confession" to protect his wife, who will say he was a "violent disciplinarian" who she was afraid of.

Malik, who worked at McDonald's, is expected to say he was not aware of any of the abuse.