"Body language expert Judi James believes Sara Sharif's father and step-mother were trying to play the victims in their video statement after describing the discovery of her body as 'an incident'.
Behaviour expert Judi James believes it was a play for sympathy. She told the Mirror:
"Verbally and non-verbally this is a message that appears aimed at letting the world know that Sharif, Batool and their families see themselves as victims.
There are six key points they use in a bid to promote this idea, all listed as Batool reads carefully from a script.
Their family is ‘severely affected by all that is going on’; that she is ‘worried about Imran’s safety’; that ‘Everyone is scared for their safety’; the ‘kids are unable to attend school’; that ‘no one is leaving the house’ and that the ‘groceries have run out.’
In contrast, Sara is mentioned only once in this clip, at the start of the message which begins:
‘Firstly I would talk about Sara’.
It’s not actually Sara who is mentioned here though, it’s her death. This is described in two words as: ‘An incident’.
His pose looks relaxed in this clip. He sits back slightly slumped in the seat with no apparent sign of shoulder or chest tension and no apparent movements of the mouth muscles, hands or eye expression to suggest emotion.
The quality of the video is not perfect so there’s little to pick out in the way of micro-movements or expressions.
His elbows are on the arms of the chair in a splay that would normally suggest confidence. He gazes at the camera and his lips look clamped enough to suggest he is not going to speak himself. He also looks at Ms Batool’s face at one point but his lack of signals of any concern over her words or any apparent waiting to join in if necessary suggests this is a message from both of them. His only body movement is when he sniffs at one point and re-boots his pose.
Batool sits closer to the camera. She looks down at the script as she reads but glances up for her key points.
There is a tone of concern as she reads but this is when she is listing the ways her family have ‘been affected’ by what's happened."
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Behaviour expert Judi James believes it was a play for sympathy. She told the Mirror:
"Verbally and non-verbally this is a message that appears aimed at letting the world know that Sharif, Batool and their families see themselves as victims.
There are six key points they use in a bid to promote this idea, all listed as Batool reads carefully from a script.
Their family is ‘severely affected by all that is going on’; that she is ‘worried about Imran’s safety’; that ‘Everyone is scared for their safety’; the ‘kids are unable to attend school’; that ‘no one is leaving the house’ and that the ‘groceries have run out.’
In contrast, Sara is mentioned only once in this clip, at the start of the message which begins:
‘Firstly I would talk about Sara’.
It’s not actually Sara who is mentioned here though, it’s her death. This is described in two words as: ‘An incident’.
His pose looks relaxed in this clip. He sits back slightly slumped in the seat with no apparent sign of shoulder or chest tension and no apparent movements of the mouth muscles, hands or eye expression to suggest emotion.
The quality of the video is not perfect so there’s little to pick out in the way of micro-movements or expressions.
His elbows are on the arms of the chair in a splay that would normally suggest confidence. He gazes at the camera and his lips look clamped enough to suggest he is not going to speak himself. He also looks at Ms Batool’s face at one point but his lack of signals of any concern over her words or any apparent waiting to join in if necessary suggests this is a message from both of them. His only body movement is when he sniffs at one point and re-boots his pose.
Batool sits closer to the camera. She looks down at the script as she reads but glances up for her key points.
There is a tone of concern as she reads but this is when she is listing the ways her family have ‘been affected’ by what's happened."
Sara Sharif's dad 'relaxed' with 'no signs of tension' in video, expert says
Body language expert Judi James believes Sara Sharif's father and step-mother were trying to play the victims in their video statement after describing the discovery of her body as 'an incident'
