UK - Sara Sharif, 10, found murdered in house, Surrey, Aug 2023 *POIs ARREST* #3

[Dotta]

Yes they are quite heavy and can only be handled by using both hands. They are designed to smack a rock hard cricket ball out of the reach of 11 players on the fielding team in order to score "runs" after all.

It would be a very unwieldy weapon to use in a fair fight, but an absolutely abhorrent weapon to use when abusing a child.

Thanks!
I know NOTHING about cricket.

 

[LovesPeace2]

Sara suffered two traumatic brain injuries 2 to 5 days before her death, court told​

The schoolgirl suffered two traumatic brain injuries inflicted two to five days before she died, the court heard.

The head injuries could have caused neurological symptoms including loss of consciousness, concussion, headaches, irritability, vomiting and seizures.

These “might have contributed to the death together with other injuries”,
the jury were told.

Shortly before her death her brain was deprived of oxygen causing a separate ischemic brain injury which was described as a potential “terminal event” by Dr Cary.

She also suffered bruising consistent with blunt force impact to the abdomen,
Dr Cary said.

Pathologist tells jury what caused Sara Sharif’s death – trial latest

Father Urfan Sharif, stepmother Beinash Batool and uncle Faisal Malik deny 10-year-old’s murder

www.independent.co.uk

Eughh this is so much worse then I thought it would be . I hope those monsters get what they deserve jmoo

 

[Dotta]

I must say that Prosecution is very well prepared to fight for Justice on Sara's behalf.

All Experts' evidence is mind-blowing.

The Prosecution Team proceeds like a tank.
Uncompromising and resolute in their effort to bring those responsible to Justice!

JMO

 

[porkypies]

This article has a very long list of injuries from the autopsy. Warning: upsetting.

Sara Sharif suffered at least 71 external injuries before her death, court hears

Sara Sharif suffered at least 71 external injuries before her death, court hears

Ten-year-old found dead at home in Woking in August 2023 had ‘constellation’ of grazes, burns, puncture wounds and bruises

www.theguardian.com

From 'theguardian' post linked above

A deep area of skin was also missing on Sara’s ring finger on her left hand. “It is probably a type of sharp injury, something has taken a big chunk out of her finger, you can see how neatly cut the edges are,” Cary said.

What could that be/how?

 

[Yellowbelly]

Radiologist had ‘never seen’ a hyoid fracture in a child​

Detailing a fracture to Sara’s hyoid,
a u-shaped bone at the top of her neck,
Professor Arthurs said it was
“extremely rare”.

“I have never seen a hyoid fracture in a child,
even when we have a very good history in ligature strangulation,”
he said.

"The most likely cause here is manual strangulation with a degree of force
above that we would commonly recognize as ligature strangulation,
meaning hanging.”

He believes this was caused between six to 12 weeks before her death.

Trial adjourns for lunch​

The trial into the murder of Sara Sharif has adjourned for the lunch break
and will resume at 2.05pm.

Sara Sharif suffered multiple fractures across 25 locations on her body, court told

A radiologist told jurors that he had ‘never seen’ a hyoid bone fracture in a child before

www.independent.co.uk

That feels like a deliberate but unsuccessful attempt to strangle Sara to death, doesn't it. An attempt that damaged her throat to such an extent that she couldn't eat thereafter.

 

[Skigh]

From 'theguardian' post linked above

A deep area of skin was also missing on Sara’s ring finger on her left hand. “It is probably a type of sharp injury, something has taken a big chunk out of her finger, you can see how neatly cut the edges are,” Cary said.

What could that be/how?

Maybe she put out a hand to try and pull at the hood they were putting on her head. They could have used scissors to cut the parcel tape and used them to cut Sara.

 

[Nikynoo]

I must say that Prosecution is very well prepared to fight for Justice on Sara's behalf.

All Experts' evidence is mind-blowing.

The Prosecution Team proceeds like a tank.
Uncompromising and resolute in their effort to bring those responsible to Justice!

JMO

I agree - a complete contrast to the Baby Victoria case.

 

[Dotta]

I agree - a complete contrast to the Baby Victoria case.

Hmmm...
I have no idea who Baby Victoria is, bless her.

 

[bobbymkii]

Hmmm...
I have no idea who Baby Victoria is, bless her.

this case:

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Recovered/Located Thread 'UK - Constance Marten & Mark Gordon & Newborn, left a broken down car on motorway, Bolton Greater Manchester, 5 Jan 2023'

Jan 6, 2023

Police are searching for a couple who have gone missing with their newborn baby after their car broke down on a motorway.
Constance Marten and Mark Gordon left the car near junction four of the M61 near Bolton on Thursday night and walked towards Anchor Lane bridge, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said.
Officers believe Ms Marten had recently given birth and neither she nor her baby had seen medical professionals.
They are appealing for information.
The bridge the couple walked towards links the Highfield and Little Hulton areas...

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[Dotta]

Fractures were ‘highly indicative of severe inflicted physical trauma’, jury told​

In the conclusion to his report,
the jury were told that Professor Owen Arthurs
had found that the location, pattern and severity of the fractures were
“highly indicative of severe inflicted physical trauma”.

He added
that given the different stages of healing present in the various fractures,
they could not be explained “by accidental mechanism or a single high impact trauma event”.

“I concluded
that most o the fractures individually were likely to have been caused by blunt force trauma,”
he said.

The Old Bailey heard that there was no evidence that she had suffered from any underlying disease.

Sara Sharif suffered multiple fractures across 25 locations on her body, court told

A radiologist told jurors that he had ‘never seen’ a hyoid bone fracture in a child before

www.independent.co.uk

 

[su5ie]

I think this case will be one that will remain in people's minds forever . The details are horrendous . How sara survived for so long I don't know .
I'm flabbergasted at how all three are pleading not guilty and how the defence team allowed this .I expected a possible plea of insanity from 2 of the 3 and a possible not guilty from the uncle .
My thoughts on the hood used on Sara was so she couldn't identify who gave her the beating or what weapon was used in case SS arrived .
One of the neighbours while I'm sure in hindsight wishes she had rang anyone who would listen but how can you continuously hear loud smacking and high pitched screaming of a child over a period of months and not ring LE for a welfare check . As with too many other cases another child dead because people turned a blind eye .
I fail to see why some single out the step mother as the main culprit as there is no way in hell that so called father didn't see or participate to me it's akin to arguing whom is more culpable Fred or Rose, Hindley or Brady .Even in staying silent lies guilt

 

[JennieM]

Sara Sharif's injuries similar to car crash - court​

Warning: This article features distressing details

Ten-year-old Sara Sharif suffered injuries which were comparable to a person involved in a car crash, a court has heard.

The girl's body, which was found in her family's home in Surrey last year, had signs of healing spinal fractures which had then been rebroken, the Old Bailey was told.

[…]

Giving evidence, paediatric radiologist Prof Owen Arthurs told the court that spinal fractures were “very rare” and usually caused by high impact or high speed trauma, such as road traffic incidents.

He also told jurors that Sara’s neck injuries were “extremely rare”.

“The most likely cause is manual strangulation with a degree of force above that which we would normally recognise in ligature force, like hanging," he told the court.

[…]

Sara Sharif's injuries comparable to car crash, jury told

Sara Sharif's relatives are accused of murder after her body was found in her family's Surrey home.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Alyce]

I must say that Prosecution is very well prepared to fight for Justice on Sara's behalf.

All Experts' evidence is mind-blowing.

The Prosecution Team proceeds like a tank.
Uncompromising and resolute in their effort to bring those responsible to Justice!

JMO

Agree. They are doing an excellent job, with very harrowing evidence.

 

[PKFS]

I think this case will be one that will remain in people's minds forever . The details are horrendous . How sara survived for so long I don't know .
I'm flabbergasted at how all three are pleading not guilty and how the defence team allowed this .I expected a possible plea of insanity from 2 of the 3 and a possible not guilty from the uncle .
My thoughts on the hood used on Sara was so she couldn't identify who gave her the beating or what weapon was used in case SS arrived .
One of the neighbours while I'm sure in hindsight wishes she had rang anyone who would listen but how can you continuously hear loud smacking and high pitched screaming of a child over a period of months and not ring LE for a welfare check . As with too many other cases another child dead because people turned a blind eye .
I fail to see why some single out the step mother as the main culprit as there is no way in hell that so called father didn't see or participate to me it's akin to arguing whom is more culpable Fred or Rose, Hindley or Brady .Even in staying silent lies guilt

I agree - all of the adults are guilty! And how they can claim ignorance beggars belief!
I think that the stepmum used poor Sara as a punching bag in the day and the father used Sara as punching bag in the night. God knows what the uncle was doing! IMOO

Even if they all end up with multiple life sentences, this offense is so monstrous that it transcends all typical criminality. What happened to Sara is a profound violation of humanity, far beyond a simple crime, and there is no sentencing that can convey the depth of this violation. IMOO

What annoys me is that this is termed "an incident" and a "legal punishment to a child"!!!!

 

[JennieM]

This is from Dec 2023. It was posted before but reposting as a reminder.

Siblings of Sara Sharif, found dead at her father’s home in August, are made wards of court​

Siblings of Sara Sharif, found dead at her father’s home in August, are made wards of court

All five children remain in Pakistan, despite efforts of Surrey council to secure their return

www.theguardian.com

 

[VioletLilac]

People who turned a blind eye -

• Batool's relatives in UK (Luton?)
• Uncle
• Neighbours
• School
• Social Services
• 13yr old brother (he was not treated badly, this is his sister!)
• Local authorities (who should have checked on "home schooling")

anyone else I missed out?!?!

So many chances to have prevented this!!!!

IMOO

I think the school did report them to social services, but after that it's really for social services to follow up.

 

[Dotta]

People who turned a blind eye -

• Batool's relatives in UK (Luton?)
• Uncle
• Neighbours
• School
• Social Services
• 13yr old brother (he was not treated badly, this is his sister!)
• Local authorities (who should have checked on "home schooling")

anyone else I missed out?!?!

So many chances to have prevented this!!!!

IMOO

It seems to me the step"mother" is a very convincing pathological liar.

She managed to pull wool over everybody's eyes.

Teachers', neighbours'

I still remember
that she convinced neighbours that Sara was attending BBC online lessons.
And that she had friends in Mosque school and went to the swimming pool.

Sure!
And pigs can fly

And look at her now!
Demure and coy look with a ponytail and glasses!

ETA

So far I have heard 3 explanations by defendants:

1. Grandfather was told that Sara fell down the stairs.

2. Step"mother" said in the video that Sara's death was the result of unfortunate accident.

3. "Father" wrote a note that he
"legally punished" his "naughty" daughter by beating and killed her.
He was also sobbing crocodile tears in emergency call saying the same.

Oh,
he also promised to return to the UK before postmortem was finished.

JMO

 

[Dotta]

"Professor Arthurs spoke of the rarity of some of the fractures that Sara suffered, particularly the breaks in both shoulder blades and the hyoid bone.

He said: 'Scapular fractures are very rare in children, there are big muscles in place and it also moves, it is quite difficult to fracture your scapular in a sporting injury or anything like that'.

'These are almost certainly caused by direct blunt force trauma to the body'.

'I can't think of an accidental way whereby you would fracture both scapulars at the same time'.
.......

'My opinion for the most likely explanation for the constellation of the injuries
are multiple episodes of blunt force trauma inflicted over several weeks'."

Sara Sharif, 10, had spinal fracture comparable to a 'kick by a horse'

The 10-year-old girl sustained at least 25 different bone fractures and 71 external injuries inflicted on her as she was tortured in the days before she died, the court heard.

www-dailymail-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org

 

[dalsglen]

I'm a person that's very good at compartmentalising, I have read and not really taken in really those injuries because I just can't. I have two 10yos currently playing football in my living rooms it's so dark outside. In saying that, something that has stuck with me over the last couple of days are those photos of the garden, I have NEVER seen such a barren garden for a child, or indeed several children in this case.

 

[porkypies]

"Professor Arthurs spoke of the rarity of some of the fractures that Sara suffered, particularly the breaks in both shoulder blades and the hyoid bone.

He said: 'Scapular fractures are very rare in children, there are big muscles in place and it also moves, it is quite difficult to fracture your scapular in a sporting injury or anything like that'.

'These are almost certainly caused by direct blunt force trauma to the body'.

'I can't think of an accidental way whereby you would fracture both scapulars at the same time'.
.......

'My opinion for the most likely explanation for the constellation of the injuries
are multiple episodes of blunt force trauma inflicted over several weeks'."

www-dailymail-co-

The nine or ten rolls of parcel tape bought online by BS, seems a lot for the making and securing of 'hoods', I thought it was probably used to tie hands and feet etc. as well. But I also thought what a lot of foresight that was, lots of tape, so perhaps it was used to restrain Sara completely, partly wrapped around at times, like a mummy....or a punchbag.
Now the above report states that shoulder-blade fractures are very rare in children and they move, so I think she was immobilised with tape around the chest and back and hit on the back with one or more of their weapons, thus breaking not one but both shoulder-blades. An earlier report is of bruising all over those two upper-body areas, which would make sense, ripping the tape off may have contributed.
There doesn't seem to be much description of cuts and stabs and bleeding all over, but much bruising and internal and bones injuries and fractures, so she could well have been wrapped up one way or another to prevent bleeding? lots of "blunt force trauma"and plenty of forward planning?[/URL]